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).
Construction of Spectre rear brake shoes from sheet steel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\4\ scan0018 | |
| Date | 19th October 1934 | |
| x694 - 306 To Er, from Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}, C. for. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hdy.{William Hardy} AHD. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}3/HP.19.10.34. SpectreCodename for Phantom III - Rear Brakes. Herowith is N. Sch.421/B shewing the rear foot brake shoes constructed of sheet steel, on the lines of the front brake shoes recently instructed. The proposal is to leave the hand brake shoes in aluminium as now. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||