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).
List of alterations and standardizations made to various vehicle components including the gearbox, fuel system, and brakes.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan204 | |
Date | 14th May 1932 | |
-2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}4/MA.14.5.32.cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Exhaust cut out controls to suit gear box:- remove and refit standard. * Petrol tank to N.S.3144 incorporating central vent, remove and refit standard. Rear spare wheel carrier to suit petrol tank. The following alterations were made to suit the epicyclic gear box and will require to be made standard. Steering column controls (sch:1461) N.sch.3130-1 N.sch.3223. Pedals (N.sch.3170.) Pedal gap plates and floor-boards. Undershields. Change gear and brake mechanism. Rear brake equalisers, (foot and hand). Servo Countershaft. Propellor shaft. Front brake equalisers. Wiring conduits. Gussets removed from 4th crossmember. Brakes. * Remove built up brake drums (all round) refit stan-dard. The car has been handed over to the Repair Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.J.Lidsey. | ||