Providing feedback on a car's road test performance, noting specifically the ineffectiveness of the brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan182 | |
| Date | 22th February 1932 | |
| X7120. PN. {Mr Northey} 1/WT22.2.32. S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ...from PN. {Mr Northey} 27-EX. This car gave me a very good ride to London on Friday last from W. I like it more than I anticipated I should. Fast average speed running however was not so much influenced by engine power as by poor power of deceleration. One has to stand on the brakes very hard, and I do not consider them very effective. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} and Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} are coming out on the car with me on Thursday for a further run, and I should like to hear from you by return whether there is anything we can simply do to these brakes to make them more effective. Thank you for Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/MJ17.2.32, being list of modified parts. PN. {Mr Northey} [STAMPED] RECEIVED 23 FEB 1932 | ||
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).