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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}
  
  


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