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).
Suggestion to reduce front braking on cars due to weight distribution changes from moving spare wheels to the rear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\4\ scan0225 | |
| Date | 24th November 1926 guessed | |
| contd :- -3- If therefore the proposed modification is considered too drastic, we suggest that it should be incorporated on closed cars only so that the performance of open cars will not suffer. We are, however, of the opinion that as weight is being continually removed from the front axle and at the same time spare wheels are being put on the rear, the safest course would be to reduce the front braking on all cars until the danger of taking charge has been overcome. Possibly some moderate retrospective action should be taken on these lines, when side steering tube alterations are made to customers cars. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/W.A. Robotham. | ||