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).
Workshop activity, the use of 'Ferodo' brake linings, and radiator covers for cold weather.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\4\ Scan053 | |
| Date | 17th November 1914 | |
| COPY. Mr. A.{Mr Adams} Wormald. Nov.17.14. At time of writing we are slack but expect work in every day. We have still worked to do but are not at all hard pushed. ------------------ Several drivers have informed me that they have fitted "Ferodo" or similar material to their foot brakes ( old type central brake) and much prefer it to cast iron. They also state that it wears longer, and is silent in action and prefer it to metal for this reason alone. The 40 HP 6 cyl. Packard which weighs several hundred pounds more than a R-Royce, has the foot brake working on rear wheel and is 19" in Dia. by about 2¼" wide. The foot brakes are lined with this material and are only held on by three rivets, the strips of material being about 9" x 1¼". American cars are very heavy. The crane weighs about 400 lbs more than the R.R. Ferodo type brakes are fitted. The air is very cold here now and a great number of cars are running about with cloth covers over the front of radiator, covering 60% of cooling surface up. Fords are mostly covered this way. ENCLOSURE No 533 | ||