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).
Modified pedals and footboard for the Goshawk II 'B' type chassis.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\H\March1922\ Scan21 | |
| Date | 22th March 1922 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} for Sp.{Mr Spinney} # Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Evl/M22.3.22. GOSHAWK 11 - "B" TYPE PEDALS. X4267 We send you herewith N.sch 1240 shewing modified pedals and footboard for the "B" type Goshawk chassis. The angle of the footboard has been revised and the brake and accelerator pedals have been brought nearer the dashboard by this means whilst their strokes remain the same. The clutch pedal in the fully out position now stops on the footboard and no stop is needed on the crankcase. This stop is also not required on "D" type cars. The angle of the pedal plates has been altered and the stop for the brake pedal on the back of the footboards should be that shewn on N.sch. 1219. In the small scale view we shew the improved seating position which this modification gives us, and we wish to point out that identical measurements on the "A" & "B" type 40/50 cars shew that this revised pedal scheme gives us a seating position only 1" less comfortable than these 40/50 steerings. Will Mr. Bailey please send Mr. Spinney a print of this scheme as early as possible? We wish to try these pedals at a very early date on the limousine which we saw in London on Monday and suggest that some mock-up pedals and floor boards be made, the pedals being possibly blocks of wood on the footboard, the clutch pedal being shewn in the normal off position, brake pedal in the off position, and the accelerator pedal also in the off position. Will Derby please instruct such a Wooden model? Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||