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).
Response letter discussing an apprenticeship scheme and a client's decision on fitting high-compression pistons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\5\ scan0050 | |
| Date | 19th June 1939 | |
| 261. CARS AND MOTOR CYCLES TUNED AND MAINTAINED FOR THE TRACK AND ROAD ALL CARS AND MOTOR CYCLES DRIVEN AND GARAGED AT CUSTOMER'S RISK. R.{Sir Henry Royce} R.{Sir Henry Royce} JACKSON, Brooklands Track, Weybridge, Surrey. Telephone— WEYBRIDGE 1247. 19th June 1939. Your Ref. Rml/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Our Ref. RRJ/EQ. W.A.Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr.Robotham, Your letter of the 2nd June has been handed to me on my return to the office. I am extremely obliged for your information relating to your Apprenticeship scheme which you have sent me and which I will pass on to my friend in due course. Regarding the question of high compression pistons, my client's car is at the moment fitted with a rather heavy, close coupled coupé body, with the result that the total weight of the car is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 35 to 36 cwt. I understand he is trying to either sell the body and arrange to have as light a body as possible fitted to the chassis, or to sell the complete car and purchase a new one. Therefore for the moment he is not in a position to decide whether or not he will have a set of these pistons to fit. However, as soon as he has made his decision regarding this matter, if he should require any pistons, I will get in touch with your Mr.Haywood as suggested. Yours sincerely, R.R.Jackson. | ||