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 regarding a brake issue on a Bentley, potentially caused by a choked drain hole.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\5\ Scan019 | |
| Date | 27th January 1929 | |
| INDIA TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY (GREAT BRITAIN) LTD. TELEPHONES: PAISLEY 4141/5. INCHINNAN SCOTLAND TELEGRAMS: INDIAOWL, RENFREW. FROM THE FACTORY'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE Jan: 27th Dear Robotham, I have just seen my brother-in-law Capt. T.L. Dugdale & he is having a little trouble with the brakes on his Bentley. He thinks that the hole in the brake drum for draining has become choked: with the result so he says (I have not seen the car myself) that some oil has got on the brake lining - anyway the brakes after washing do not function at all well & even after having had time to dry they are nothing like they originally were. I have advised him to send the car to Derby which he is going to do on Monday February 4th. I told him to write to Derby about it which he has done & arranged it. I wonder if you would be most awfully PLEASE REPLY TO 39. Elm Park Gardens. S.W.10. | ||