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).
Proposal form for standardising an automatic brake shoe adjuster, detailing costs and implementation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\4\ Scan235 | |
| Date | 20th November 1935 | |
| STANDARDISATION OF CHASSIS PARTS. NATURE OF VARIATION FROM "STANDARD" AND REASON FOR SAME. Object. To provide for adjusting brake shoes automatically to allow for lining wear. Report on Examination. Read from blueprint. This is a scheme of which we have not yet had practical experience, but we have arranged for a set to be fitted to one of our experimental chassis for test. We anticipate considerable improvement. The number of the first chassis on which the new part will be fitted. N.2. series. Date when chassis will be handed to test. Cost of scrapped material, if any. Nil. Cost of jigs and tools. Approx. £45. [Stamped diagonally across page] CANCELLED REMARKS | DATE | INITIAL Have passed for trial on EXP car. | 23.11.35 | AJS Lower part of fitting fouls the hub. | 28.11.35 | A ... has a new lower fitting. | 28.11.35 | ROW ... | 2.3.36 | AQ ... has been very satisfactory on test. | 2.3.36 | YR ... | 2.3.36 | EB ... | 3.6.36 | E Advise that cost for such a modification... | 30.6.36 | MA Agreed as on L.I. 68 which shows... | 06.8.36 | CWE ... as part X is not yet available. | ... | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||