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).
Letter from The Rover Company asking for details on the chromium plating process used on steel to avoid rust.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\3\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 31th March 1938 | |
| TELEPHONE 8081 (7 LINES). TELEGRAMS: ROVER,"COVENTRY." +280.1091. THE ROVER COMPANY LTD. COVENTRY, ENG. [STAMP: MANAGING DIRECTOR'S OFFICE] SBW:ME. March 31st 1938 W.A. Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Robotham, I believe that you do a certain amount of exterior chromium plating on steel. We have never been able to do this satisfactorily and avoid rust. Would it be asking too much for you to tell us what process you use? Yours sincerely, S.B.Wilks. | ||