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).
Requesting design changes to anti-rattle plates for front and rear brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\1\ scan0226 | |
| Date | 12th March 1940 | |
| 1029 To Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/HH. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby}13/MH.{M. Huckerby}12.3.40. ANTI-RATTLE PLATES. Front Brakes. Will you please have these reduced to .100 thickness and have them spot welded instead of bolted as at present. Rear Brakes. Please design a plate to fit on the back plate in place of the present stop fitted to the dust excluder. The type shown in our photograph has been fitted only to 2.R.2 and one other car where the oil seal had been removed and the holes utilized. The standard type will have to be such as to avoid this oil seal. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby} | ||