Squeaking brakes on a Wraith, requesting a trial of Ferodo R.U. linings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\1\ 600b 27 G V1 Mx Car-page02 | |
| Date | 19th August 1937 | |
| To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 3/JH.19.8.37. 6060. WRAITH BRAKES. The brakes on 27.G.VI are squeaking, and we want to try some Ferodo R.U. in place of the present lining. R.U. can only be supplied at the moment ¼" thick. Will you please fit the linings Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 423/6 by using the packings Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /427/8 made out of sheet aluminium, when the car is next in the shop. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} | ||
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).