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Letter from Wilmot-Breeden Ltd concerning the design and production of special sample front bumpers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\3\ scan0179 | |
| Date | 9th March 1940 | |
| 1023 LONDON OFFICE & FITTING STATION SUNBEAM ROAD, CHASE ROAD L O N D O N, N.W.10 PHONE: WILLES DEN 7321 (5 LINES) GRAMS: WILBUMPERS, PHONE, LONDON WORKS No 4 TYSELEY PHONE: ACOCKS GREEN 1662 (7 LINES) & PRIVATE LINES WORKS No 3, CAMDEN WORKS, CAMDEN STREET BIRMINGHAM TELEGRAMS & CABLES "BUMPERS" PHONE: CENTRAL 8641 (18 LINES) CODES: A.{Mr Adams} B. C. AND SCHOLFIELD'S WILMOT-BREEDEN LTD. MOTOR ACCESSORY ENGINEERS EASTERN WORKS CAMDEN STREET BIRMINGHAM 1 MANAGING DIRECTOR C. L. BREEDEN OUR REF. RPT/ENM. YOUR REF. 9th March, 1940. Copy of letter & drawings sent to Rv. Messrs.Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. ATTENTION - W.A.ROBOTHAM, ESQ. Dear Sirs, SPECIAL SAMPLE FRONT BUMPERS P.L.70. Further to our letter of the 7th instant, we are sending to you blueprint copies showing the schemes we have prepared to date. We are not satisfied at this stage but feel that we shall be able to put up to you a Bumper which will briefly comprise the Bar with two main Over-riders and a smaller edition of the Over-rider which will perform the function of the Beetle Bolt without the necessity of the protrusion on the Bumper Bar. It must be clearly understood that in order to obtain the flush fitting feature without protrusion it will be necessary to resort to flame welding, or welding of some type, of the keep plates of the large and small over-riders and this is a feature which we mentioned in our previous letters is far from satisfactory as a production job, unless expensive finishing operations are included. We shall be sending to you early next week a sample section of the Bar material to which a plate has been welded which will indicate to you more forcibly the difficulty stressed above. Trusting you will find our schemes of interest. Yours faithfully, For WILMOT-BREEDEN LIMITED, LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF BUMPERS IN EUROPE R.P.TURNER. Enc: Prints: - Pd/Exp.6178/A.{Mr Adams} Pd/Exp.6178/B. | ||