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).
Confirming the decision to use cast aluminium for brake straps instead of duralumin.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\5\ scan0136 | |
| Date | 9th December 1927 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X8420 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG9.12.27. [text struck through] During our last visit to WW. it was agreed that we should cancel the use of duralumin for brake straps and stick to the cast aluminium. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||