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).
Confirming an agreement on modified controls for the steering column for both RR and Bentley cars.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\4\ Scan041 | |
Date | 11th August 1932 | |
HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} } WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} } X7240 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/M11.8.32. re. CONTROLS ON STEERING COLUMN. X7240 X5240 X4553 This is to confirm an agreement made at the conference at WW. prior to the holiday, that the RR. cars will have the modified controls as on J.3., and Peregrine, but with modifications to the shapes of the knobs and movement of the dimming switch as outlined by SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} We have to send you a design for this. For Bentley we shall use the same interior mechanism, but with a cover and knobs resembling existing Bentley. We have to send you a design of this, and therefore the design - N. sch.3505. - should not be worked to. The modified designs will follow in the course of about a week. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||