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 Automotive Products Company apologising for a delay in dispatching Lockheed Jacks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\1\ scan0254 | |
| Date | 4th September 1936 | |
| x1166 AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS COMPANY LTD Exclusive European Distributors & Spares Depots for:- HERCANO ENGINES TIMKEN AXLES 'LOCKHEED' HYDRAULIC BRAKES FULLER TRANSMISSIONS BORG & BECK CLUTCHES LAVINE STEERING GEARS "PUROLATOR" THE OIL FILTER THOMPSON ECCENTRIC TIE RODS HEYWOOD STARTERS CLEVELAND GRAPHITE BRONZE BUSHINGS G & K "AUTODUCT" LINK-V-BELTING SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD DIRECTORS: W EMMOTT, D T BROCK Tachbrook Road Leamington Spa TELEPHONE: LEAMINGTON SPA 1400 TELEGRAMS: AUTODUCTS PHONE LEAMINGTON SPA REG OFFICE: BROCK HOUSE LANGHAM ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} LONDON W.1 SWEDEN: SVEAVAGEN 77. STOCKHOLM Our Ref:- CC/IM - A.104. Your Ref:- HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}-GRY.{Shadwell Grylls} 17/KW. 4th September, 1936. Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, (Experimental Department,) D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, RE: LOCKHEED JACKS. We are in receipt of your favour of the 3rd instant, and owing to a mistake in our Despatch Department, these Jacks were laid on one side, and the matter has only now been dealt with, on receipt of your letter. The Jacks are leaving to-day, and we must tender our apologies for the delay. Yours faithfully, AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS COMPANY Ltd., C. CLENCH, Development Department. 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. | ||