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 Cam Gears Ltd. requesting a report on the testing of a sample Bishop Steering Gear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\2\ Scan228 | |
| Date | 8th September 1933 | |
| MANUFACTURERS OF THE BISHOP PATENT STEERING GEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH GEORGE KENT LTD REG. OFFICE, 199, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.1. Handwritten note: v5094. CAM GEARS LTD. DIRECTORS: COMMY H.W.KENT, R.N. RETD H.LEESE R.PENTONY, M.I.A.E. BISCOT ROAD WORKS, LUTON, BEDS. TELEPHONE:- LUTON 790. TELEGRAMS:- KAMGEARS, LUTON. YOUR REF. OUR REF. RP/CGS. 8th September, 1933. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, If you have now had an opportunity of testing the sample Bishop Steering Gear which we submitted to you some little while ago, we should be very pleased indeed if you would let us have a report upon it. We do not wish to trouble you in this matter but we know that you are able to carry out tests for which we have not the apparatus, and any additional information concerning our gear would no doubt be extremely useful to us. Yours faithfully, For CAM GEARS LIMITED, Jno. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Pentony. Director. Handwritten notes: HHS, GRY{Shadwell Grylls}, See mg, HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||