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).
Order for 50 sets of F.B.A. brake linings for a Phantom III, and the plan to switch to S.5805 material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\1\ scan0108 | |
| Date | 11th March 1936 | |
| X1180 To By/Cgh.{W Clough} c. to BY/TWD.{T. W. D???Aeith} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}8/KW.11.3.36. Brake Linings for Ph.III. We have ordered 50 sets of linings made of F.B.A. for this car. When these are used up we want to change to S.5805, on Front, Rear Foot and Hand Brakes. By the time it is necessary to order this material, we shall have completed 10,000 miles on it. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||