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 Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd. regarding the dispatch and modification of a DC-42 carburetter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\2\ scan0301 | |
| Date | 18th December 1937 | |
| G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} RADCLIFFE The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO LTD HONEYPOT LANE STANMORE MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213 18th December, 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Attention: Mr. Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, DC-42 CARBURETTER In accordance with instructions passed to us by our Mr. Fisher, this is to inform you that we have despatched to you today one DC-42 carburetter No.4544R. This carburetter has a modified slow running system, in that instead of the bleed air being taken from the float chamber, it is taken from the carburetter intake at a point immediately above the arm which carries the inner venturi. No doubt our Mr. Fisher will be contacting with you regarding this carburetter. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. A E Palmer AEP/KD | ||