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).
Responding to a complaint about the brakes on the 31-GX trials car, mentioning performance of other vehicles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\3\ Scan305 | |
| Date | 9th January 1932 | |
| 879601 To PN.{Mr Northey} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. to SS.{S. Smith} C. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. to Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} C. to H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 31-GX. TRIALS CAR. Replying to PN.{Mr Northey}11/WT8.1.32. We have made sufficient cars similar to 31-GX to state that the complaint you have on this car re. the brakes, could be easily dealt with. 25-EX. car ran 15,000 miles in France and 23,000 miles altogether without any attention to the brakes or servo except normal adjustment. We do not agree that the present cotton-duck linings need replacing except when they become saturated with oil. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||