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).
Letter from Bendix regarding the supply and testing of a two-leading shoe brake system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\2\ scan0311 | |
| Date | 5th May 1938 | |
| CABLES & TELEGRAMS: BENDIXCORP, BIRMINGHAM TELEPHONE: ACOCKS GREEN 1601-2-3-4 BENDIX LIMITED TYSELEY, BIRMINGHAM 1029 "Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}" A.F.M. May 5th 1938 A.G.Elliott Esq., Messrs.Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Mr.Elliott, TWO LEADING SHOE BRAKE Many thanks for your letter of the 2nd inst. I had a very interesting session with Mr.Robotham and Mr.Martindale yesterday and it has been arranged that we shall make up a set of brakes which will be interchange-able with your standard assembly, and that these shall be fitted and tested on one of your chassis at the earliest convenience. It is agreed that this will be the best way to prove the claims we make regarding this brake. The demonstration yesterday on our 20 h.p. Rover car was fairly satisfactory, but owing to certain deficiencies in chassis design, as compared with your own designs, certain features were present which I am sure will be eliminated entirely on your own install-ations, so that the tests which you would carry out could be applied directly to the brakes themselves and would not be complicated by these chassis deficiencies. I thank you for the opportunity and look forward with considerable interest to the results of the test on the sample set of brakes we shall supply to you. Kind regards, Yours sincerely, J.S.IRVING Joint General Manager. JSI/OM Bendix Limited, take every precaution against fire, but do not accept liability for any injury which may be caused by fire to any Motor Vehicle or part thereof entrusted to them for any purpose whatsoever. Customers' Cars are driven by our Staff at Customers' own Risk and Responsibility. | ||