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Letter from Wilcox-Rich confirming the shipment of hydraulic lifter unit samples.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 158\5\  scan0012
Date  15th February 1939
  
WILCOX-RICH
DIVISION OF
EATON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
9771 FRENCH ROAD
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

PRODUCTS
RICH VALVES
VALVE TAPPETS
VALVE SEAT RINGS
VALVE-A-MATIC
HYDRAULIC LIFTERS

PLANTS
SAGINAW
MARSHALL
BATTLE CREEK

CABLE ADDRESS
"EATONIZE"-CLEVELAND

February 15, 1939

Rolls-Royce Ltd.
Derby, ENGLAND

Gentlemen: Attention of Mr. W. A. {Mr Adams} Robotham

We thank you for your Purchase Order #81377, covering six samples each of Nos. T-3465-A and T-3464-A Hydraulic Lifter Units, priced at $1.00 each.

Please note that these were shipped to you on February 7 and we trust that you will receive them soon.

We shall be interested in a report of your tests, as soon as you have secured results, and trust that you will call on us for any service we can perform.

Yours very truly,

WILCOX-RICH DIVISION
Eaton Manufacturing Company

A.D. Gardner
A.D. Gardner
SAGINAW DIVISION

Handwritten notes:
Top of page: 1360?
Left side: Lailer
Center: FI SWDL {Len H. Swindell}
Center (in red): LET ME KNOW WHEN THESE ARRIVE Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


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