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).
Transition from FBA to BZ brake lining material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\6\ scan0153 | |
| Date | 3rd July 1939 | |
| W/N. Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} O.{Mr Oldham} Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}5/MG.3.7.39 BRAKE LININGS Br/G10/G.23.6.39 We are quite agreeable to your using up as much FBA. material as possible before changing over to BZ, particularly on earlier models which do not suffer so much from brake squeaks. We also agree that hand brake liners of the G.54143 pattern should continue in FBA material. Our main desire is not to make a sudden change to BZ, but to avoid ordering up new linings in FBA. Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}5 | ||