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).
Letter from Fairey Aviation to E.W. Hives regarding brake performance on a Bentley.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\4\ scan0320 | |
Date | 11th June 1938 | |
261 MARTINDALE Telephone: 400 to 405 Hayes.Midx Offices of THE FAIREY AVIATION CO. LTD. HAYES, MIDDLESEX. 11th June, 1938. E.W. Hives, Esq., Rolls Royce Limited, Derby. Dear Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}, I have not written before to thank you for doing the brakes on my Bentley. As you know I have complained to you about them on several occasions and they have been back to you once or twice prior to the last time. However, the brakes now are exceedingly good. They are far better than on any other Bentley that I have ever driven; in fact they are practically the best brakes that I have experienced on any car. So far, neither fading nor squeaking has been experienced. The only criticism that one or two people who have driven the car have had is that the brakes are rather on the light side in operation, and with this I am apt to agree, although once you are used to them it is not really noticeable. | ||