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).
Instructing the conversion of 12.B.V. models from mechanical to hydraulic front brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\1\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 26th June 1939 | |
| 1029. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. By/WS. c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}8/MH.{M. Huckerby}26.6.39. HYDRAULIC FRONT BRAKES. As the mechanical front brakes on B.V. are obsolescent (after one year's production all front brakes are to be hydraulic) will you please convert 12.B.V. to hydraulic front brakes. No more cars with mechanical front brakes are to be built. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||