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).
Internal memorandum discussing a suggestion from Mr. Peat in Madrid regarding steering wobbles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\4\ Scan127 | |
| Date | 13th March 1914 | |
| R.R. 657. (100H) (VV. 586. 23.2.14) E.P. 6076. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONE: 476 (FOUR LINES). Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/McrS/L13314. Names and Indicating letter. | Initial of person addressed. ------------------------------|-------------------------------- A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT | Bt.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Cn{Mr Chamberain} Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Cr{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} Mr. CHICHESTER | Cr.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} C Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX | Mr Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} & S. D Mr. DeLOOZE Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY | Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALDENBY Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr.JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH Mcr Mr. MERCER M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN{Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Rn{Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn{Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY V VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD Re Steering Wobbles. X.457 13-3-14. We attach herewith a copy of a suggestion submitted by Peat who is at Madrid. We shall be glad if you will let us have your opinion on same and whether it is worth while endeavouring to obtain Mr Royce's sanction for an experiment as Peat suggests. p. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Signature] Mcr 13/3/14 [Handwritten text] This suggestion is ingenious, but I do not think we should do anything with it now. Probably Mr Peat has not yet tried stiffening the buffer springs in the side steering tube? I think we know by now that wobbles can be cured a) by leaving the joints correctly, b) by fitting suitably strong springs to the side steering tube. Some cars require one, some both of these things doing. [Signature] IHS 13/3/14 [Stamp] ENCLOSURE No. 50 This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||