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).
Requesting to reline car brakes with a new graphite material to test its effect on reducing squeaks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0204 | |
| Date | 1st December 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} + 200a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}2/WH.1.12.37. 3.B.IV BRAKES. Will you please reline the brakes of this car with Gandy's Safeguard 400 G.M. material. This material has been produced free of charge to our specification and contains graphite. The object is to see if this inclusion reduces brake squeaks. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||