Order for one S.U. Aero Engine Carburetter for a Kestrel VI engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\5\ Scan168 | |
| Date | 30th May 1934 | |
| To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X 1487 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 6/MJ.30.5.34. Will you please order from the S.U. Carburetter Company - One Aero Engine Carburetter to suit Kestrel(Aero Engine) VI. Type engine. The cost of this carburetter is £71. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} We have arranged with BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to hold up the order for the carburetter which it was agreed we should obtain from Claudel Hobsons. Their price is much higher and we believe the S.U. Carburetter is fundamentally better.) | ||
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).