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).
Postscript memorandum detailing three traced cases of steering wobble on 'Silver Ghost' chassis.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan072 | |
Date | 22th September 1925 | |
To R.{Sir Henry Royce} ) from B.J. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ) BP. ) N. ) BJ5/H22.9.25 (Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}) --2-- P.S. Since writing the foregoing, we have received the following information from W. (Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/WW12/W22.9.25):- "We have no list of complaints of steering wobble on 'Silver Ghost' chassis fitted with front wheel brakes, but as far as we can recollect these have been very few. We have been able, however, to trace three cases, and we give you the chassis numbers below:- 17-TM at approx. 70 m.p.h. 57-EM at approx. 35 m.p.h. 36-AU at speeds between 65 and 70 m.p.h." B.J. | ||