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 to alter the rib position on new front brake drums for a Bentley to prevent water ingress.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\2\ scan0170 | |
| Date | 18th July 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x206 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}6/KW.18.7.34. Water in Bentley Front Brakes. You are making for us a pair of front drums with deeper ribs. As these have not yet been machined will you please alter the position of the ribs as shown on the attached Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1467 so that we can at the same time try another scheme for preventing water getting in the brake drums. We should like to fit this to 3-B-IV as soon as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||