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).
Specifications and modifications for various chassis components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\2\ scan0055 | |
| Date | 19th December 1923 | |
| BY/C5/F19.12.23. contd. - 2 - DASHBRACKETS & FOOTBOARDS. To be of the new type. FRONT SHOCK ABSORBERS. Same as present standard excepting that they should be modified to suit. PRESENT 40/50 GEARBOX with EAC.111. SERVO and SPEEDOMETER DRIVE. EQUALISING GEARS WITH FOUR WHEEL BRAKE SYSTEM. Should be ordered. DISTRIBUTION DIFFERENTIALS. The latest scheme for these should be ordered. REAR BRAKES. These should be made as at present, that is, our present standard double brakes. GEARBOX UNDERSHIELD. This should be modified to suit EAC.111. requirements. UNIVERSAL JOINT. Present 40/50 TYPE, but modified to suit. FOOTBRAKE ADJUSTMENT. Not required. For your information in regard to the remainder of the chassis, please note that it is intended to use the present Lucas Dynamo, maintaining the existing wiring scheme, also it is intended to use the present petrol feed system. Will each Department please let the O.O. have the necessary instructions as quickly as possible, as it is important to get material ordered without any delay so as to prevent a breakdown in production. BY/C. | ||