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).
Customer complaints of draughts from the side brake lever gap and proposing a solution.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\2\ Scan267 | |
| Date | 5th May 1930 | |
| K417 H/S c. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} c. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. OLM. Lillie Hall. c. HO. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}14/HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5.30. re. SIDE BRAKE LEVER GAP. With reference to your Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}7/EDI/5.5.30. the test you refer to I take it was with Mr. Fairey's car,34-CN{Mr Chamberain},which I tested with JLE.{J. Lee Evans - Chassis Test Manager} Although it is quite possible that by having a side window open fumes can be drawn through the floorboards, we shall not satisfy customers by giving this as a reason when there is a complaint from them of draught. I certainly agree that some scheme of ventilation allowing air to pass into the body at a place similar to the gap now made by the brake lever should be considered, but this I think should be a body fitting and arranged in a diffused scheme so as not to cause a draught. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||