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).
The deletion of the bottom pinch bolt on the B.III & 50 accelerator pedal for cost and time savings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\5\ scan0270 | |
| Date | 27th October 1938 | |
| 435 To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}8/WH.27.10.38. B.III & 50 ACCELERATOR PEDAL. The pedal carrier is held in the pedal lever by two pinch bolts. We have tried using the top bolt only and omitting the lower one, and find that the pedal carrier is firmly gripped with only a very moderate tightening of the bolt. We therefore suggest that the bottom bolt be deleted, as apart from the saving of the bolt, nut, drilling and countersinking, there is quite an appreciable saving in chassis erecting time. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||