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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 steering ratio of a Buick compared to the company's standard cars.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 124\3\  scan0253
Date  3rd December 1934
  
To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
Copy to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}E.
re Buick.
Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}18/E3.12.34

I should be interested to know what the steering ratio is as compared with our standard.

It is extraordinarily free from kick of any sort but strikes one as being very low geared - much lower than I should care to see introduced on our cars.

Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
  
  


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