Extract regarding the violent servo-operated brakes on a 24/60 Sunbeam, relevant to the Hispano Suiza car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\1\ Scan006 | |
| Date | 9th November 1923 | |
| X.446. Extract from Hsl/LG9.11.23 - HISPANO SUIZA CAR. (X.4214) We have heard that the 4-wheel brakes operated by servo on a 24/60 Sunbeam are very violent in action. With the least pressure on the foot pedal, the brakes are applied so violently that the driver is flung forward and exe(Aero Engine)rts further pressure on the brakes which locks the back wheels. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).