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).
Follow-up letter from Brake Linings Limited regarding the testing of 'DURON' brake linings and their use by other firms.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\3\ scan0175 | |
| Date | 11th April 1933 | |
| Handwritten notes: X3409. Ro{C. C. Rose - Export Manager}/Phm are you interested in running any material on clutch/brake Maker /B3. 1933. [Letterhead: Brake Linings Limited] DIRECTORS A.{Mr Adams} BAILEY M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BAILEY F.{Mr Friese} R.{Sir Henry Royce} KAY DEPT REF: AB/DN. YOUR REF: BY/Mtn21 BUXTON DERBYSHIRE [Logo: DURON REGISTERED BRAKE LININGS] LONDON OFFICE, 502 AUSTRALIA HOUSE STRAND, LONDON, W.C.2 TELEGRAMS BRAKLINING BUXTON 'PHONE BUXTON 776 CODE: BENTLEY'S ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COY. AND NOT INDIVIDUALS 11th April, 1933. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, Further to your letter of January 23rd, 1931, we should be pleased to learn whether you are yet in a position to give us a final report on the 'DURON' Brake Linings which your Experimental Department were testing. If you have lost trace of these tests, we should be pleased to send a further set for test purposes. We may say that 'DURON' brake linings are fitted as standard by such firms as The Alvis Car & Engineering Co. Ltd., Lagonda Ltd., Riley (Coventry) Ltd., also by Albion Motor Co. Ltd., Fodens Ltd., The Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd., Karrier Motors Ltd., The Maudslay Motor Co. Ltd., etc. Further, 'DURON' Brake Linings were fitted to the brakes and clutch on Sir Malcolm Campbell's "Blue Bird" for the recent World speed record. We enclose a copy of a letter received from Sir Malcolm Campbell regarding this. Yours faithfully, for BRAKE LININGS LIMITED. [Signature of A.{Mr Adams} Bailey] (A.{Mr Adams} Bailey). MANAGING DIRECTOR. Encl. [Stamp: RECEIVED] [Stamp: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD] | ||