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).
New hand brake design for the left-hand Senior range, including the Silver Phantom.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\4\ scan0093 | |
| Date | 14th February 1940 | |
| 1046 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. to Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/HH. File Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/JH.14.2.40. HAND BRAKE LEFT HAND SENIOR RANGE. On PL.68 herewith of which we attach two prints we show the left hand Senior hand brake. This scheme shows the latest type of B.V. hand brake having Bowden control to the Pawl. We are aware that you are not satisfied with our hand brakes in general, and you are asking for a new design of cheaper construction and also a design which will overcome the difficulties recently experienced when running over deep snow and frozen snow banks. Design investigation will be put in hand forthwith but in the meantime we suggest that Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/HH should detail PL.68 so that there shall be a hand brake for the left hand Silver Phantom which it is proposed to build. This may seem wasteful, but there are very few details to produce in order to obtain this insurance policy. [Signature] Enclosed 4 copies of memo. 2 prints of PL.68. | ||