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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).
Letter to Ferodo Ltd. regarding Bentley brake shoes and the use of lining material VG.90 for Le Mans.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 141\1\  scan0145
Date  25th May 1936
  
X11980

Exptl. Dept.

HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}6/JH.

25th May, 1936.

J.N.Longley Esq.,
Chief Chemist,
Messrs. Ferodo Ltd.,
Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Dear Mr. Longley,

I have sent over by car the third set of Bentley brake shoes for lining with VG.90. May we have these back as soon as possible.

I think we have almost decided to use VG.90 at Le Mans.

Yours truly,
  
  


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