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Secret memo regarding a steering column failure on a 'V' Series car after 5,400 miles in France.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 67\3\  scan0126
Date  22th April 1925
  
To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to CJ. BJ.
c. to RG. {Mr Rowledge} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/LG22.4.25.

S E C R E T.

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EAC. 'V' SERIES - STEERING COLUMN FAILURE.

Attached herewith is a sketch showing where the steering column failed on 93-NK car after running 5,400 miles in France.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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