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).
Letter from The Rover Company to W.A. Robotham regarding the use of stainless steel in brake parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\3\ scan0157 | |
| Date | 17th December 1936 | |
| 1091. TELEPHONE 8081 (7 LINES). TELEGRAMS: ROVER, "COVENTRY". SBW:ME. THE ROVER COMPANY LTD. COVENTRY, ENG. December 17th 1936 W.A. Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Robotham, About stainless steel brake parts. I am not sure whether your letter is serious, but in any event, we do actually use stainless steel for all the clevis pins, the rod fork ends, the fulcrum pin for balance link, the fulcrum pin for rear relay lever, and I believe that there is some stainless in the Girling expander which we buy from the Girling people. Yours sincerely, [Signature of S.B.Wilks] S.B.Wilks. | ||