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).
Letter from Wellworthy Piston Rings discussing a self-resolving braking issue where the car pulls to one side.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\4\ scan0043 | |
| Date | 12th February 1937 | |
| SERVICE DEPOTS LONDON 89 BLACKFRIARS RD S.E.1 TELEPHONE: WATERLOO 5762-3 BIRMINGHAM 143 SUFFOLK STREET TELEPHONE: MIDLAND 0838 MANCHESTER 232 DEANSGATE TELEPHONE: BLACKFRIARS 5914 NEWCASTLE WILLICAN'S BUILDINGS, MARKET ST TELEPHONE 23874 ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AIR MINISTRY, INDIA OFFICE LISTS WELLWORTHY PISTON RINGS LIMITED PISTON & PISTON RING SPECIALISTS LYMINGTON HANTS WORKS & HEAD OFFICE: STANFORD RD SERVICE DEPOTS LEEDS 82 WOODHOUSE LANE TELEPHONE: 25774 CROYDON 246 HIGH STREET TELEPHONE: 0234 SOUTHAMPTON 17 PORTSWOOD ROAD TELEPHONE: 74778 HULL 285 ANLABY ROAD TELEPHONE: 15312 TELEPHONE: LYMINGTON 520 (4 LINES) TELEGRAMS: WELLWORTHY CODE: MARCONI DIRECTORS: G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} ALEXANDER J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} W. HOWLETT C. B. KAY P. WALDEN OUR REF JH/CJR. Handwritten: 261 Handwritten: Martindale. File YOUR REF Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 12th February, 1937. Dictated 11.2.37. W. A.{Mr Adams} Rowbotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., (Experimental Dept), Derby. Dear Mr. Rowbotham, Thanks for yours of the 9th inst., With regard to the changing of the brake linings, I do not think that I shall do anything about it now, because I have been talking to Mr. Fedden - as you know he has got a 3 1/2 - we were both fishing together at the weekend, and he tells me that his is just the same, but he has to be very careful for the time being, and I find that the difficulty automatically clears itself up by the time they have got thoroughly dried out, although in my case it took about three hours to do it. After that time the braking was again normal, but the thing that I could not understand about it was that while we had the trouble every time one braked it pulled over badly to the off side. As everything is now working satisfactory I shall not bother to bring the car in until I have got an opportunity of coming up North for something else. I hope you will have a good time in America. Yours sincerely, John. Howlett | ||