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).
Supply and testing of cast iron brake drums from Wycliffe Foundry Co.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\1\ scan0135 | |
| Date | 24th November 1934 | |
| GRYLLS Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} O.RHO X4612 BY/EM.10/J.24.11.34. CAST IRON BRAKE DRUMS. We are advised that the Wycliffe Foundry Co, have now supplied to us brake drum castings to piece numbers G.79502/3, G.55630, G.55678, G.100981 and GB.1216. In view of the unsatisfactory castings which we have received from Messrs. Lake & Elliott Limited, who by the way have advanced their price a further 6/- per hundredweight, we shall be glad if arrangements can be made to test out these Wycliffe Foundry Brake Drums as speedily as possible. BY EM. for Ry. | ||