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).
Status of various vehicle components including hubs, brakes, battery, ignition coil, and steering pivots.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\2\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 7th February 1938 | |
| -4- BY.1/N.7.2.38 Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Front Hub & Brakes. These can be released for tools, and materiel with the exception of the shoes, for the next 12 cars the shoes can be released as for the first 6. Rear Hub & Brakes. These to be treated the same as the front Hubs and Brakes. Battery. It is proposed to use the 25/30 HP. battery with modified positions of the connection. Ignition Coil. This should be held up. Steering Pivots. As needle bearings are being tested the parts affected by this modification should be held up, but the remainder of the section can be released. All details now released for tooling or material for which drawings have not been issued to the O.P. Dept. should be issued as soon as possible. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||