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).
Questioning the necessity of 20 HP front wheel brake squeak dampers and proposing a design alternative.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\1\ scan0010 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1927 | |
| To DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} PN.{Mr Northey} X4612 R1/M13.3.27. 20 HP. FRONT WHEEL BRAKES SQUEAK DAMPERS. X.4612 X.5420 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}'s drg. received. Are these really necessary i.e. do they justify their weight, cost, and complication? If such fittings are really needed then I should make them narrower, and fit them in a groove thus :- | ||