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).
Complaints of water entering the front brake drums on Bentley cars and the fitting of new sets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\2\ scan0285 | |
| Date | 4th February 1935 | |
| [Handwritten top:] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} x206 [Typed:] Complaints of Water Entering the Front Brake Drums - Bentley. To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}E EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hdv. Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Thanks for Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/KW.3.1.35. I am pleased to note the contents. I presume that you will have sets fitted to Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}'s and Lp{Mr Lappin}'s cars and I think it would also be very useful if you could let us have two or three sets for fitting to London demonstration cars. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [Handwritten vertical note:] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, Since we have undertaken the fitting of these S/W to the Repair Dept, & in view of the inability of Repair Dept to tackle such work we cannot supply. R.H. [Handwritten note across text:] R.H. most noble effort Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wks [Handwritten bottom note:] a Please say when we could let repair & London have half dozen sets respectively. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||