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).
Dispatch of new hand-forged levers for the Paris Trials Bentley to reduce rear braking.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 25th June 1936 | |
| W/P - Sr. Kincs Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}21/KW.25.6.36. Paris Trials Bentley. With reference to our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}4/KW.16.5.36, in which we promised to send you some levers to give less rear braking. These have now been sent to you. They are new hand forgings and will not require packing washers as suggested in our memo. We apologise for the delay in sending them but our first efforts to produce them quickly by welding were unsuccessful. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||