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).
Instructing to hold orders of Millenite brake drums due to a potential material change for Bentley models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 2nd April 1936 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c/c to By/TWD.{T. W. D???Aeith} X206 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}2/KW.2.4.36. Bentley Brake Drums. In view of the possibility of a change from cast-iron to aluminium brake drums on Bentley in the near future, will you please not order any further supplies of Millenite drums without advising us first. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||