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).
Departmental memo regarding the excessive load required on a pedal and a suggestion to reduce it.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\6\ B001_X2 Double Rear Brakes-page018 | |
| Date | 31th January 1913 | |
| R.R. 475 (100 H) (PP 409. 31.1.13) E.P 3506. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (Four Lines). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. Load on pedal required to overcome springs holding shoes and mechanism normal, rather excessive, and I consider it would be an advantage if the strength of same could be reduced, i.e. if possible, to same as present standard. E.P. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||