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).
The specifications for a larger steering wheel for the 40/50 HP model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\1\ Scan135 | |
| Date | 14th January 1924 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X3465 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG14.1.24. LARGER STEERING WHEEL - 40/50 HP. We assume that you will order a steering wheel from the I.R.G.P. which has the rim dimensions of the E.A.C. wheel except with a bit larger radii on the spokes. The outside dia. of the wheel will be the same as the Dover - 18". Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||