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 Frank Smith & Co. about supplying an AFN.type air filter for trial and asking to confirm intake dimensions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\4\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 18th July 1931 | |
| FRANK SMITH & CO. (ELLAND) LTD. MOTOR ENGINEERS HUDDERSFIELD RD. ELLAND X3812 THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD THE MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION REPAIRERS INSTITUTE OF PATENTEES (INC) MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF MANUFACTURERS INCORPORATED NMU TELEGRAMS & CABLES : SMITH, ENGINEER, ELLAND TELEPHONE No.: 182 ELLAND YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/5/MJ. OUR REF. AS/NN. MANUFACTURERS OF THE SMITH SHOCK ABSORBER STEERING DAMPER, AIR FILTER WITH SILENCER (PATENTED) (Handwritten circle: 8820 2/31) Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. (Handwritten: Expl. Dept.) 18th July 1931. Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your letter of the 16th inst with reference to air filter, and enclose pamphlet dealing with same. We usually supply our AFN.type for S.U. Carburetters, and would be pleased to supply you one for trial purposes, if agreeable to you. Do we understand that the dia. of the air intake is 1 3/8". If so what is the dia. of the outside of the intake boss, so that we can make the flange of the filter to fit over same.? On hearing further from you we shall be pleased to meet your requirements. Yours faithfully, p.p.Frank Smith & Co.(Elland) Ltd. (Signature: A Smith) (Handwritten left margin: H.V.S.) (Handwritten right margin: We shall machine this to 1.7" dia.) | ||