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).
Policy memo regarding the implementation of a 10-inch steering lever instead of a 9.5-inch lever, pending clearance checks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\3\ Scan237 | |
| Date | 1st May 1928 | |
| [Handwritten]: X7430 [Handwritten]: X7430 (struck through) X7450 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LGl.5. 28. With reference to DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}4/M28.4.28 - attached. If the 10" lever mentioned in this note gives a reasonable side steering tube and clearances, it will be policy to bring it in as soon as possible in spite of the fact that R.{Sir Henry Royce} signed the sheet for the 9.5" lever. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||