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).
Telegram from Royce requesting immediate testing of the stiffest possible brake drums, especially for his car for France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\5\ Scan116 | |
| Date | 1st December 1930 | |
| 8992. To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} c. to EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}7/MJ.1.12.30. We have received the following telegram from West WitteringHenry Royce's home town - "AT ONCE TEST STIFFEST BRAKE DRUMS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THE REAR FROM PRESENT MATERIAL AND PIVOTED TYPE OF HANCOCKS AUXILIARY SHOE ALSO IF POSSIBLE FOR MY CAR FOR FRANCE. ROYCE." Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||