Recommendation to manufacture 6 sets of modified steering parts for increased tyre clearance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\2\ scan0114 | |
| Date | 4th May 1939 | |
| 450 & 850 To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 7/MH. {M. Huckerby} 4.5.39. B.V. & 50 STEERING. You have recently received details for modified cross steering levers FB.4873/4 to give increased tyre clearance and for a modified side steering tube FB.4927. We recommend that you should make 6 sets of parts to the above details. In the case of the side steering tube existing tubes will modify as the new one is shorter. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||
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).