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).
Accident with car 18-G4 and an experiment with mild steel brake shoes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\3\ 03-page292 | |
| Date | 16th June 1933 | |
| To P.N. From H.S. Y 3940 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/MJ.16.6.33. Re. 18-G4. Car. Replying to P.N.3/WT.13.6.33. 18-G4. car was in an accident which necessitated replacing the front axle and one spring. The special brake shoes are mild steel instead of "luminium in order to get rid of the expansion difficulties. These are being tried purely as an experiment. H.S. | ||