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).
Confirming the decision to halt ordering material following experiments on Bentley aluminium drums and altered leverage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 29th May 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X206 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/KW.29.5.36. Aluminium Drums & Altered Leverage - Bentley. This is to confirm that (a) having cracked an aluminium drum, (b) having found that we still get front brake jaggers with the altered leverage, we do not want to proceed with ordering any more material other than that required for our immediate experiments on these parts. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||