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 the fitment of an anti-judder set to a front axle using standard iron brake drums due to a shortage of aluminium ones.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0195 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x-206 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}8/KW.2.9.36. Anti-Judder N.Sch.4860. We understand that three sets of these are ready. Will you please build up one set on a front axle, and fit it to J-B-IV. As we are short of aluminium drums we will use standard iron brake drums. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||