Declining to test 'Bete' brake linings, stating a preference to continue using Ferodo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\3\ scan0092 | |
| Date | 16th August 1932 | |
| Y3409 To F. {Mr Friese} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/MJ.16.8.32. Re. "Bete" Brake Lining. Replying to F.3/JL.13.8.32. We are not interested in testing any further brake linings. We have spent a considerable amount of time and money to prove out different makes of braking material, but in the end we have always come back to Ferodo. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).