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 Automotive Products Company apologising for a delayed reply and reassigning the query.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\2\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 5th October 1937 | |
| 1166. AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS COMPANY LTD DIRECTORS: E B BOUGHTON W EMMOTT D T BROCK European Distributors & Spares Depots for: HERCULES ENGINES TIMKEN AXLES "LOCKHEED" HYDRAULIC BRAKES FULLER TRANSMISSIONS BORG & BECK CLUTCHES LAVINE STEERING GEARS "PUROLATOR" THE OIL FILTER THOMPSON ECCENTRIC TIE RODS G & K "AUTODUCT" LINK-V-BELTING Brock House, Langham Street London W.1. TELEPHONE: LANGHAM 1373 (3 LINES) TELEGRAMS: AUTODUCTS LONDON SCANDINAVIA: SVEAVAGEN 77, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. Your ref:- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}3/AP. 5th. October 1937. Our ref:-WE/DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} S. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Grylls Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. Dear Mr. Grylls, I am sorry to appear so long in replying to your letter of the 3rd. September, but the matter is one which has required rather mature consideration and I have handed this over to our Mr. C. Clench who will be replying to you. I was hoping to see you at Donnington last week but evidently missed you. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, W. Emmott [Text in left margin:] Quotations and Contr...s are subject to revision of Duty, Transportation Costs, and to delays arising from strikes, lockouts, transportation, war, &c. and to unforese... delays at the Factory, also to unfore... acceptance by the... force majeure | ||