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 to Automotive Products, Co. Ltd. about fitting hydraulic brakes to a 30 HP Bentley for experimental purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\1\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 16th February 1940 | |
| 1029. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby}15/ML. 16th. Feb: 1940. Automotive Products, Co.Ltd., Tachbrook Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. For the attention of G.R.G.Gates,Esq., Dear Sir, We should like to fix up one of your tandem cylinders for hydraulic brakes all round one of our cars. The system is required for experimental purposes with two leading shoes and no servo motor. The car is a 30 h.p. Bentley of 33 cwt. total unladen weight, this being distributed on the ratio 16 cwt. front to 17 cwt. rear. The wheel base of the car is 10 ft. 4" and the height of the C.F.G. approximately 23". The front pipe connection would be as at present fitted to some of our cars, with the wheel cylinders at the top. On the near brakes however, it might be necessary to have the wheel cylinders at the back of the drums, thus altering the position of the bleed holes. - Continued - | ||