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 temporary replacement front brake drums and shoes for a 15,000 miles test car.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0167 | |
Date | 4th March 1938 | |
To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 600ce . Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}2/JH.4.3.38. 26.G.VI. 15,000 miles test car. Please receive for inspection the front brake drums and front brake shoes which have been removed. Will you please supply two replacement front drums and relined brake shoes to fit temporarily until the car is stripped. We should like these as soon as possible. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||