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 a contractor discussing alternatives for fitting a 'Clear View Screen' to a wind-screen.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 23\3\ Scan054 | |
| Date | 11th January 1921 | |
| ON ADMIRALTY LIST. Telegrams:- 'KENTOBIN, WESTCENT, LONDON.' Telephone:- Museum 4262 (5 Lines). CONTRACTORS TO WAR OFFICE AND MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS. Works: LUTON, Beds. CODES USED:- LIEBERS, ENGINEERING, A.B.C. 5TH ED.{J. L. Edwards}, WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER EDITION, BENTLEYS; MARCONI. GEORGE KENT, LTD. DEPARTMENTS:- No. 1. Water Meters. 2. Air, Gas and Steam Meters. 3. Electric Motors. 3A. Clear View Screens. 4. Domestic Machinery Petrol-Air-Gas Plants. 5. Foundry with Machining. 6. Bolts, Nuts, etc. Light Machining. 7. Pneumatic Tools and Compressors. CHIEF OFFICES:- 199 TO 201, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C.1. YOUR REF. OUR REF. BEM/W. Dept: 3a. 11th. January, 1921. WALTER G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} KENT, CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR. Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd., X4323 14, Conduit Street, W. For the attention of R.{Sir Henry Royce} W. Spinney, Esq. Dear Sir, re: CLear View Screen - Your Order No. 47952. Further to our telephone conversation of to-day, and with reference to your letter of the 3rd. inst., enclosing particulars of the wind-screen to which the above Clear View Screen is to be fitted, we find that the latter will be a little too large to fit your wind-screen. On thinking the matter over, there appear to be three alternatives :- (1). For you to put a slightly deeper wind-screen on your car. (2). To alter your wind-screen by putting a small metal piece on in one place, so that it will take a Detachable Type Screen. (3). That we should supply you with a Permanent Type Screen with a small size disc. We enclose herewith sketches illustrating the second and third alternatives. The top sketch shows the way the wind-screen would have to be altered to take a Detachable Type Screen, that is, the top rail of the wind-screen would have to be cut back in one place, and a small segment plate fixed on flush with the face of the main glass to take the Handwritten text: B.S. Can you please ask Exp. Dept. to let us have their views in respect of this: in the meantime please order one sample for trial. 21 | ||