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).
Squeaking brakes on a Wraith, requesting a trial of Ferodo R.U. linings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\1\ 600b 27 G V1 Mx Car-page02 | |
| Date | 19th August 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}3/JH.19.8.37. 6060. WRAITH BRAKES. The brakes on 27.G.VI are squeaking, and we want to try some Ferodo R.U. in place of the present lining. R.U. can only be supplied at the moment ¼" thick. Will you please fit the linings Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}423/6 by using the packings Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/427/8 made out of sheet aluminium, when the car is next in the shop. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||