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).
Proposal to add a white spot to the top centre of the steering wheel rim as a directional indicator for shunting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\3\ scan0169 | |
| Date | 31th March 1931 | |
| RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 83861 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/MJ.31.3.31. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} wishes us to try on several cars a white spot in the steering wheel rim at the top centre. The idea is that some customers have complained that when shunting in a confined space it is difficult to know which way the wheels turn until the car starts to move. What we would like you to do is to drill a small impression in the existing ebonite covering and fix in a distinctive white mark. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||