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).
Wire confirmation from Royce to Hives requesting an immediate test of stiffer brake drums.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\5\ Scan117 | |
| Date | 1st December 1930 | |
| $8992~ CONFIRMATION OF WIRE. WW. 1. 12. 30. HIVES. ROYCAR. DERBY. AT ONCE TEST STIFFEST BRAKE DRUMS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THE REAR FROM PRESENT MATERIAL AND PIVOTED TYPE OF HANCOCK'S AUXILIARY SHOE ALSO IF POSSIBLE FOR MY CAR FOR FRANCE. ROYCE. | ||