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).
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. ---------------------- 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. | ||