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 New-Hudson Ltd. concerning the supply of blueprints for Girling brake assemblies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\2\ scan0217 | |
| Date | 16th October 1937 | |
| REGISTERED TRADE MARK NEW-HUDSON Ltd PROPRIETORS OF ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} GEORGES ENGINEERING WORKS SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE GIRLING BRAKE THE BEST BRAKE IN THE WORLD ICKNIELD STREET BIRMINGHAM 18 TELEGRAMS: WONDER. BIRMINGHAM TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 7921 (6 LINES) CODES: A.B.C. 5TH EDN. BENTLEYS CONTRACTORS TO WAR OFFICE, G.P.O. AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS [Sticker: INTERNATIONAL MOTOR EXHIBITION CARS & BOATS OCT 14-23 EARLS COURT OUR STAND No. 208 FIRST FLOOR] [Handwritten: 1029] OUR REF. AF/AL YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM{Anthony F. Martindale}4/R.{Sir Henry Royce} DATE 16th October 1937. [Handwritten: MARTINDALE] [Handwritten: File] Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, In response to your request of the 15th inst., we have pleasure in enclosing herewith blueprints of our standard 12" x 1¾" and 12" x 2" GIRLING BRAKE Assemblies. We do not produce a brake assembly with shoes 1⅞" wide. The dust cover used on the front expander assembly is now rubber in place of the leather previously used. We enclose details drawings and arrangement drawing herewith. We have not, up to the present, considered an automatic adjuster for 12" size brake assembly owing to the small space available which makes it difficult to make the actuating parts sufficiently robust. Kindly rest assured any further information or particulars we can supply will be gladly sent. With many thanks. Yours faithfully, for NEW HUDSON LTD., [Signature of Alex Fraser] MANAGER. Enclos. | ||