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).
Specification sheet detailing components for brakes, steering, frame, and suspension systems.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\4\ scan0010 | |
| Date | 27th October 1938 | |
| -2- Brakes - Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Rod Steady GCD.752. Linkage PD.205. Hand Brake Quadrant GCD.913. Pedals FCD.8JJ (old lever). The following schemes are not required:- Front Brake Gear FCD.762. Front Brake Damper FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}910. Steering. Column head FCD.853 or FCD.979. Steering Box - Same as B.50 (Design required for rubber mounting). Column diagram to be supplied by Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} Steering geometry as B.50. No mixture control as yet provided on column. Frame. As Fw.1789. LOP.Fw.1862. Suspension. Front springs 8" deflection. All springs to be cadmium plated, but not pickled or cyanided. Upper yoke bearing. Silentbloc without rolled ends. Lower Yoke bearing. Silentbloc FCD.915. Stiffened Yoke. FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}129. Front Dampers as latest L.O.P. (glands, perfect oil seals. Knurled shafts. Malleable iron pistons (L.O.P. shows steel), side valves, no bellows. Pipes to be fitted but not connected up). Roll Rod. FCD.767, 794, Dia. to be instructed later). Lower triangle stay. FCD.881. Hubs. LOP.GB.4174. A.C. brgs. | ||