Letter from Zenith Carburetter Co. regarding modifications to a DC-42 carburetter's sticking strangler flap.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0046 | |
| Date | 5th July 1938 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD HONEYPOT LANE, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213. 5th July 1938 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Attention: Mr. Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, DC-42 CARBURETTER In connection with the fitting of a thicker strangler flap to this carburetter in order to overcome the trouble which you have had in the past regarding the sticking of the strangler flap in the closed position, we shall be glad if you will kindly return to us the 7/7/38 carburetter in your possession with the thicker flap fitted, in order that we may fit the relief valve the opposite way round and make also the other modifications which are necessary to enable you to obtain all that you wish from this carburetter. We shall return it to you with the least possible delay. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. AEP/KD A.E. Palmer. | ||
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).