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).
Requesting modifications to the steering nuts and cages on Sports Phantom cars to resolve an issue at full lock.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\1\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 6th January 1928 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} +8430 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rnl/LG6.1.28. STEERING - EAC.14. +8430 +877+ Will you please arrange to machine .100" off the ends of the steering nuts of the Sports Phantom cars. Also the latest alteration to the cages and stops as instructed by BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} This will enable us to fit 9 1/4" pendulum levers to these boxes if it is found desirable, and overcome the present difficulty occasionally experienced at present on full lock. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||