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).
Rejecting a proposal for a duralumin rear axle brake bracket as too expensive and suggesting an alternative.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\4\ scan0357 | |
| Date | 6th October 1927 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X8350 R2/M6.10.27. RE. MAKING REAR AXLE BRAKR BRACKET X. 8420 IN DURALUMIN. X. 8350 Replying to your BY3/J4.10.27., this suggestion has been replaced by my suggestion of using the entire EAC. rear brake. Certainly it would have been too expensive anyway. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||