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).
Required increased movement for a hand brake lever on a left-hand chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\4\ Scan196 | |
| Date | 17th September 1930 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X7772 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M17.9.30. Copy to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HAND BRAKE ON L.H. CHASSIS. X.7772 X.7330 With reference to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/MJ11930., as we expect you do not want to reduce leverage on the hand brake it will be necessary to increase the movement of the hand brake lever roughly 20%. from the figures you give. Would you please say whether this increased movement should be obtained by moving the handle forward, or can we pull it further back? Possibly half and half will be found to be the best way. Would BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} please send us the Derby production-drawing - General Arrangement of the Hand Brake. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||