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).
Re-allocating 0.9% Carbon steel Bentley brake drums from experimental car B-23-AE to 4-B-IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 31th January 1936 | |
| Knob To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}3/JH.31.1.36. Bentley Brake Drums in 0.9% Carbon Steel. With reference to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}1/KW.11.1.36. We find that the design Dept. have instructed special drums for the steel shoes with rolling toggle actuation and therefore we cannot fit the brake drums in 0.9% Carbon steel to B-23-AE as this car is reserved for the former experiment. Will you please fit the drums in 0.9% Carbon steel to 4-B-IV instead, as we have deicided to try drums in R.R. cast iron on a Phantom III. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||