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).
Request for 'sponge' measurements on a Girling Brake drum for a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\3\ scan0123 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1935 | |
| x4456 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}3/KW. 2.1.35. We wish to make some "sponge" measurements on the Girling Brake that is at present in the shop. Will you please have this bedded in to suit a Bentley front wheel brake drum as soon as possible, and when finished loan this drum to the Experimental garage for a day or two, while the measurements are made. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||