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 concerning the production history and reliability of a specific bearing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\2\ scan0106 | |
| Date | 2nd June 1939 | |
| 1091 TELEPHONE Nº 88081 (7 Lines) ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY AND NOT TO INDIVIDUALS London Service Depot SEAGRAVE ROAD · FULHAM · LONDON · S·W·6. Contractors to H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Government. TELEGRAMS: ROVER, COVENTRY. B C M/ROVER. CODES: A.{Mr Adams} B. C. 5TH EDITION LIEBERS · MARCONI MOTOR TRADE · BENTLEY THE ROVER COMPANY LTD NEW · METEOR · WORKS: COVENTRY Our Ref WRB/KF. Your Ref Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls} 2/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 2nd. June, 1939. G.H. Grylls Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Grylls, Many thanks for your letter of May 27th. I am glad to know that my reply was not too late. We have been in production with this Bearing for just over twelve months, and have had no cause whatever for complaint. The biggest mileage we are actually aware of is 50,000 miles on an experimental car, but I think you can rely more on the fact that this type of Bearing has been used for a considerable time on American cars, and we ourselves adopted it on the assumption that if it was good enough for them it would probably work for us. Yours sincerely, WRBoyle | ||