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 supplier advising of material shortages and extended delivery lead times of at least four months.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\1\ scan0202 | |
| Date | 31th January 1940 | |
| THE BRITISH MADE LOCKHEED HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM Controllers of European Rights DIRECTORS: E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} B. BOUGHTON W. EMMOTT D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} T. BROCK Handwritten note: Exhd (only) RECEIVED STAMP Automotive Products Company Lṭd Tachbrook Road, Leamington Spa. Telephone LEAMINGTON SPA 1400 Telegrams AUTODUCTS PHONE LEAMINGTON SPA Registered Office BROCK HOUSE LANGHAM ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} LONDON W.1 Handwritten note: Brakes 31st January, 1940. Our Ref: -PS/FHA/GRD. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. Attention:- Mr. J.B. Dixon. Handwritten note: Tester Dear Sirs, We have to advise you that in view of the increasing difficulty which is being experienced in obtaining certain types of material and also the fact we have to obtain licences for certain material, we find we cannot guarantee delivery of any equipment in less than four months from receipt of instructions. Under these circumstances, we would ask you to give careful consideration to the position of any orders you may have placed with us and assure yourselves that these cover a period of at least four months. In such cases where this period is not covered, we urge you to place additional orders immediately for a period as far ahead as possible and to give us your definite delivery instructions. Only by strict observance of this procedure can we hope to ensure continuity of delivery and we are sure you will be only too anxious to co-operate with us. We shall be glad to have your acknowledgment and, in the event of your not being covered adequately for material, your further instructions. Yours faithfully, AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS COMPANY LTD. F.H. Allen. Sales Department. Left margin text: Quotations and Contracts are subject to revision of Duty, Transportation Costs, and to acceptance by the Factory, also to unforeseen delays arising from strikes, lockouts, transportation, war, &c., and force majeure. | ||