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Letter from A.H.R. Fedden of the Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd to W.A. Robotham concerning a wheel wobble on a Bentley car.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 89\2\  scan0042
Date  5th November 1934
  
LONDON OFFICE:- BUSH HOUSE, ALDWYCH, W. C. 2.
TELEGRAMS:
INLAND: AVIATION,PHONE,FILTON
FOREIGN: AVIATION, FILTON.
CODES:-
WESTERN UNION,
BENTLEY'S & A.B.C.

TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 7193
TELEGRAMS: "BRISTAIRCO,
BUSH LONDON"

"Bristol"
Aeroplanes and Aero Engines.

TELEPHONES:
OFFICES and WORKS,
45051 PRIVATE BRANCH
EXCHANGE.

THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY LTD

SIR G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} STANLEY WHITE, BT {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}
(MANAGING DIRECTOR.)

FILTON HOUSE,
BRISTOL, ENG.

YOUR REF. ENGINES F {Mr Friese} /HCM-8.
OUR REF.

5th November 1934.

W.A.Robotham Esq,
Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd,
Derby.

My dear Robotham,

Very many thanks for your letter of the 22nd October answering in detail the various criticisms I gave on my Bentley car.

The wheel wobble has become more pronounced, and I am afraid I do not agree with your diagnosis of it, and am of the opinion that the trouble is more deep seated than I gather you think it is from your letter of the 22nd October, but all I want to do, is to have the job cured.

I saw Mr Sidgreaves on Friday last, the 2nd instant, and he said he would like me to send the car up to Derby, and I have written to him suggesting that I will do so on Tuesday, November 20th, when I am going over to Paris. I naturally realise it is no good sending the car up for a day or two, and should be prepared to leave it with you for a fortnight or three weeks, if you think the various matters could be dealt with in this period.

Yours sincerely

A. {Mr Adams} H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} R. {Sir Henry Royce} Fedden.
  
  
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).


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