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).
Quotation letter from British Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. for the supply of rubber buffers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\2\ scan0081 | |
| Date | 6th May 1936 | |
| x.346 TELEPHONE: BURTON-ON-TRENT 2977 (2 LINES). TELEGRAMS: "BRITGOODS, BURTON-ON-TRENT." BRITISH TYRE & RUBBER CO. LTD. FORMERLY BRITISH GOODRICH RUBBER Co. LTD. DIRECTORS: SIR WALROND SINCLAIR, K.B.E., (CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR) SIR JOHN P. HEWETT, G.C.S.I. K.B.E., C.I.E., (DEPUTY CHAIRMAN) BERNHARD H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} BINDER, F.C.A. COL. THE HON. STUART PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE, D.S.O. LT COMMANDER SIR HUGH DAWSON, BART., R.N. ALFRED SEELEY. OXFORD WORKS, DERBY ROAD, BURTON-ON-TRENT HEAD OFFICE, THAMES HOUSE, MILLBANK, LONDON, S.W.1. BRANCHES & SERVICE DEPOTS, LONDON, LEYLAND, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, BRISTOL, ETC. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY, POST OFFICE, PRINCIPAL RAILWAYS, ETC. Helios RHW/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} 6th May, 1936. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, We confirm hereunder quotation submitted to your Mr. Leslie by telephone this afternoon:- 400 Buffers F.88485 - 9½d each (ninepence halfpenny). 400 " " (In our special oil resisting quality) 1/9d each (one shilling and ninepence). 400 Buffers F.88486 - 9d each (nine pence). 400 " " (In our special oil resisting qual). 1/7½d each (one shilling and seven-pence halfpenny). Usual terms. We have one interchangeable mould for producing these two parts from which we estimate we could give 200 per week, i.e. 100 of each part. Yours faithfully, for BRITISH TYRE & RUBBER CO. LTD., K Mullican | ||