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Weight difference between Bentley and 25 HP steering wheels and proposing a test.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154\3\  scan0209
Date  3rd May 1934
  
RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

X3861

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 21/KW.3.5.34.

Bentley Steering Wheel.
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The Bentley Steering Wheel is
approx. double the weight of the 25 HP. wheel, i.e.,
6½ lbs. to 3¼ lbs., and E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} suggests we fit a 25 HP.
wheel to a Bentley to prove whether the steering is
affected in any way by the heavier wheel.

Will you please have a 25 HP. wheel
slotted out to suit a Bentley.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /F.Dodd.
  
  
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).


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