Prohibitively heavy weight of a trial car body and the standard steering wheel size.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\3\ scan0315 | |
| Date | 29th October 1925 | |
| Handwritten: X8430 To CJ. from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to BJ. CWB. c. to DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} R1/M29.10.25. RE. ENCLOSED BODY SENT TO FRANCE FOR TRIAL X. 8830 X. 8430 This body, like many of the 40/50s. has I think become prohibitively heavy, and I would like to point out that I do not approve of it as a desirable standard until it has been reduced in weight, and probably altered in some way in scheme arrangements. I noticed on this car that the steering wheel was smaller than the standard I usually see. I do not know who is the author of this, but I do not approve of it, as I think the 18" wheel as fitted to 'D' steering should be our all-round standard. I am informed however that Sales object to the larger wheel, but I should like it to be known that I object strongly to two sizes, and also that 'B' steerings which are on our heavier cars should have the smaller steering wheel. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).