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).
Front and rear brake adjustment settings at 15,000 miles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0233 | |
| Date | 30th September 1936 | |
| C sent AFM{Anthony F. Martindale} x 200a HOTEL DE FRANCE, CHATEAUROUX, Indre. France. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/I/JAB. 30th September 1936. To. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} O.S. G.W.H. 6.B.IV.- Front Brakes. Re. memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}7/KW.23.9.36. The adjustment taken up on the brakes of this car at the time it was found that the adjustment of the O.S.F. was all used up at 15.000 miles was as follows :- Front. Rear. N.S. 21 1/2 turns. 17 1/2 turns. O.S. 24 " 16 " --------- GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Franklin. Walker. | ||