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).
Replacement of aluminum hand brake shoes with steel ones for the Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\4\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1935 | |
| To EH. (crossed out) GRY.{Shadwell Grylls} +306 Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/MN.3.10.35. Copy to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} HDY.{William Hardy} RHO. (crossed out) PHANTOM III - Hand Brake Shoes. N Sch.4640 herewith shews the proposed steel hand brake shoes to replace the existing aluminium shoes. The forging is the same as the present foot brake shoe forging, machined all over and reduced in width. The fulcrum brackets are also those of the foot brakes reduced in width. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Att: N Sch.4640. | ||