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).
Instructing that a car model 6-B-IV destined for France should not have open venting holes in its brake drums, correcting a design mistake.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0044 | |
| Date | 23th September 1935 | |
| To HHC. X200a T Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}12/KW. 23.9.35. Brake Drums for 6-B-IV. The drums and end plates for 6-B-IV have been detailed by the designers as having venting holes. This is a mistake. Will you please see that this car goes to France without these holes open. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||