The performance of newly fitted brake shoes after a 400-mile run in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\2\ 02-page249 | |
| Date | 10th May 1929 | |
| -12EBE To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From G.W.H. x7941 Hotel de France Chateauroux(French test region) Indre 96 10/5/29 We received your wire return to Derby as soon as 10,000 miles is finished. We replied "winding up affairs expect to leave Monday. We have been busy fitting and adjusting the new brake shoes. We have now given them a 400 mile run and in our opinion so far they are very good. We are not getting the excessive braking on the rear as previously, the front appear to be OK better judement will be obtained on our run to Derby. G.W.H. | ||
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).