Letter from Vauxhall Motors Ltd. regarding a mishap with letters about a 'flow-box' and offering to share drawings and data.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\4\ scan0146 | |
| Date | 25th May 1938 | |
| Vauxhall Motors Ltd CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY. LUTON. BEDS. TELEPHONE NUMBER 2600 LUTON. TELEGRAMS CARVAUX, TELEX, LUTON WHEN REPLYING PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF: AT/SRE YOUR REF: Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /TAS. {T. Allan Swinden} 14/JH 25th. May 1938 Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. Attention - Mr. T.A.Swinden. Dear Sir, I am sorry that your letters on the flow-box have met with so much mishap. Your second letter dated the 3rd. May has just reached me. It is Mr. Bartlett's wish expressed through our Mr. King that we should make available to you anything we have that you want - therefore you may come or send someone and we will show you what we have in the way of drawings and give you what data you need. You may decide to make a layout of our outfit. You supply the man and we will supply the space and the dope. Yours very truly, ALEX TAUB. [Watermark: ABERMILL BOND MADE IN BRITAIN] | ||
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).