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).
Requesting the stripping, examination, and rebuilding of Locheed front brakes on chassis B.56.BN.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\5\ scan0174 | |
| Date | 6th July 1938 | |
| 264 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}9/JH.6.7.38. B.56.BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Will you please strip and examine the Locheed front brakes on the above chassis. The carrier plate and anchorage for the leading shoe on the N.S. are bent. Will you replace these and rebuild so that the supporting links from the shoes to the bottom fulcrum pin are changed over i.e. the top straight links to the leading shoes and the links which are offset to the trailing shoes. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||