Cost savings from deleting tipping shoes on Wraith rear brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\7\ X 606 Brakes-page117 | |
| Date | 4th April 1938 | |
| To Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} ....., from RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /CAN. Nov [crossed out] Dec 1938 [crossed out] RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /CAN.2/LS.4.4.38. 606 File TIPPING SHOES - WRAITH REAR BRAKES. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 4/MH. {M. Huckerby} 28.3.38. The saving in Factory Cost when the Rear Brake Tipping shoes are deleted is 13/3d. per chassis. This is on the assumption that the Steel Rear Brake Shoe when designed is no more expensive than the present one. RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /CAN. [Signature] | ||
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).