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).
The lack of black dressing on M.R. brake linings for Bentley vehicles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\1\ scan0066 | |
| Date | 9th October 1935 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X1180 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}12/KW.9.10.35. M.R. Brake Linings - Bentley. Replying to your By/EM.9/J.8.10.35, we do not see that there can be any disadvantage in the linings that have no black dressing, as all the dressing is removed with a file while bedding in the brakes. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||