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).
Modification to the Bensport steering column arrangement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\5\ scan0096 | |
| Date | 16th June 1932 | |
| E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} C. to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X250 BENSPORT STEE RING COLUMN. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/M16.6.32. R.{Sir Henry Royce} has agreed to raise the front end of the steering column .5" above that shewn on your arrangement - that is to say - from the level top of the frame to the centre of the rocker shaft is now 3.150". The distance from the back of the dash remains the same. Would E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} please confirm that this does not interfere with the inlet pipe. N. sch. 3489 herewith. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||