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).
Issues with brake shoes and an axle, and proposed modifications for a Spectre car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\4\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1935 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/KW.3.5.35. (2) Brake shoes having reduced arc of embrace with the 14" drums. Hancock is returning his 14" drum axle from France, as he has been unable to use it because of brake jaggers, and we hope to fit the shoes with the reduced arc of embrace and send the axle out again complete for tests. SpectreCodename for Phantom III car. (1) Altered silent tappet eccentric ratio. (2) Lighter and stiffer brake drums. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ra. | ||