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).
Request to joggle test a Bentley III steering wheel made by Wilmot Breedons.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\2\ scan0079 | |
Date | 3rd November 1938 | |
450 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WB.{Mr Brazier/Mr Bell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}11/JH.3.11.38. BENTLEY III STEERING WHEEL. We have handed to you a steering wheel made by Wilmot Breedons and of a construction similar to the one we propose to use for B.III. Will you please joggle this wheel with an alternating torque of 40 lbs.ft. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||