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).
Gandy Belt Company's brake linings and a proposal to test them.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\3\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 14th July 1930 | |
| To B.Y. from ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to Rg.{Mr Rowledge} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RECEIVED 28 JUL 1930 x3409 ROY{Sir Henry Royce}3/MG14.7.30 The Gandy Belt Company, who have been in business some 50 years, have extended their Works and claim to have one of the finest factories for the manufacture of Brake Linings in this Country, with most modern machinery. They are particularly anxious we should test out their Linings - details of which you will find attached. If interested, please let us have particulars of the sizes of samples you would like. One would assume the competitive make of Lining tested against theirs was made by the Ferodo Company, but we have no definite information on this point. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} ENCLOSURS. Particulars of tests Blue Print to BY only ENCLOSURE N° 165 "JUSTSO" | ||