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Letter from Delco-Remy & Hyatt Ltd. regarding tests on wide plug gaps.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61b\2\  scan0335
Date  16th May 1936
  
DELCO-REMY & HYATT LTD.
Head Office & Works:
111, GROSVENOR ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1.
Telegrams: DELREMBYAT, SOWEST, LONDON.
Telephones: VICTORIA 6242 (7 LINES)

[Stamp: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS]

H.E. West Esq.,
Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd.,
Derby.

YOUR REF. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.10/JH
OUR REF. WOK/PG

SUBJECT

16th May......1936

Dear West,

Thank you very much indeed for your letter of the 14th May and for the very interesting news it contained.

I am glad to hear that the distributors are running successfully, and I shall always be interested to hear your reports on them from time to time.

With reference to the wide plug gaps, I have just completed a test of about 9,000 miles on a set of standard A.C. sparking plugs set at .055" gaps, and since then I have recently started another test with a slightly different type of plug set at .055" gaps.

I have collected what I believe to be some interesting experience on the subject, and, if it is agreeable to you, I think I could drive over next Thursday [Handwritten correction: 'Friday' written above] with a view to having a talk on the matter.

I am, as you know, tremendously keen on this subject, and I would like to have your views.

I am,

Yours sincerely,

W.O. Kennington
Managing Director

Handwritten notes:
Top right: 7/6119
Left margin: RM. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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