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).
Purchase of a fan belt from Thomson & Taylor during car tests at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\2\ Scan212 | |
| Date | 13th July 1932 | |
| X196. G/Gn/JWH. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}1/MA.13.7.32. With reference to the attached invoice, the fan belt was obtained from Thomson & Taylor during car tests on Brooklands the other week; our own supply of fan belts had broken and it was necessary to obtain one of some sort to carry on. It is quite in order to settle the account; the order number to which it should be booked is 54796. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||