Instructing the production of iron brake drums for the first six Corniche cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\3\ scan0260 | |
| Date | 30th June 1939 | |
| 400c + 1028 To By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS. {Norman Scott} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} c. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CRL. {C. R. Lisson} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 1/MH. {M. Huckerby} 30.6.39. PRODUCTION CORNICHE(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) CARS. Will you please instruct 6 sets of iron brake drums with steel shoes to be made so that these are available for the first 6 cars, should the difficulties with the alum brakes not have been overcome. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).