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 The British Thermostat Co., Ltd. regarding a car's mileage and a proposed experiment on a cylinder block.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\5\ scan0145 | |
| Date | 23th August 1940 | |
| 1123 Telephone: SUNBURY-ON-THAMES 456 (6 LINES) Telegrams & Cables: THERMOSTAT, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES. Code: BENTLEY'S THE BRITISH THERMOSTAT CO., LTD. Makers of Scientific Instruments. DIRECTORS: COL. N. HUDSON. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} SHERLOCK (MANAGING) MARTIN HURST. F.{Mr Friese} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} POPLETT. F.{Mr Friese} PARMENTER. TEDDINGTON WORKS. Windmill Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. ON A.I.D. AIR MINISTRY APPROVED LIST. WMH/GN: Your Ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}4/ET. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. Handwritten text: File, Cylinder bore wear (Chassis) August 23rd, 1940. Dear Sirs, I thank you for your letter dated August 21st. I spoke to Mr.Bellringer this morning and he explained to me that as a large portion of his staff is now required for war work the only repairs which can be carried out are those for which the need is really very great. In addition, I am sorry to say that I was misinformed as to the mileage at which my friend's car required reboring. Instead of being 22,000, Mr. Bellringer tells me that it was 31,579, and that the rebore was carried out in May 1939, which is a rather different story. Unless in your opinion this is an abnormally small mileage you will probably no longer consider this to be a suitable car on which to carry out an experiment with a chromium plated cylinder block, but if you would like to carry on with the suggestion and can arrange for the work to be done, the owner of the car, Dr.S.S. Beare of Weybridge Park House, Weybridge, will willingly lend his car for the experiment. If you decide against carrying on, have you any objection to the thermostat being fitted to Dr. Beare's car by us, providing that you actually | ||