Telegram from Royce requesting immediate testing of the stiffest possible brake drums, especially for his car for France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\5\ Scan116 | |
| Date | 1st December 1930 | |
| 8992. To Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} c. to EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 7/MJ.1.12.30. We have received the following telegram from West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) - "AT ONCE TEST STIFFEST BRAKE DRUMS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THE REAR FROM PRESENT MATERIAL AND PIVOTED TYPE OF HANCOCKS AUXILIARY SHOE ALSO IF POSSIBLE FOR MY CAR FOR FRANCE. ROYCE." Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} | ||
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).