Letter requesting the S.U. Company to manufacture an experimental 20/25 HP carburettor needle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\4\ scan0046 | |
| Date | 15th July 1935 | |
| +1487 Exptl. Dept. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 3/KW. 15th July, 1935. The S.U. Company Limited, East Works, Adderley Park, Birmingham 8. Dear Sirs, 20/25 HP. Carburetter Needles. Will you please make an experimental needle for our 20/25 as follows :- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 99 99 99 93.5 88.5 85.5 84 83.5 83 82.5 82 82 82 82 Dimensions in thous' of an inch, at intervals of .125". As this needle is very urgently required, will you please despatch it by the earliest possible passenger train to-morrow, the 16th inst., advising us by telegram as to the time of the train. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||
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).