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).
Request for the manufacture of two Bentley aluminium composite brake drums with specific liners and fittings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\2\ scan0365 | |
| Date | 5th November 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X206 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}12/KW.5.11.35. Bentley Aluminium Composite Brake Drums. Will you please make up two more of these drums fitted with the British Piston Ring Company's liners. One liner should have an interference fit of .012" on the diameter, the other .020". N.M.C. rivets should be used to secure these linings, as per Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2285. We do not want any copper plating on the outside of these liners. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||