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).
Correspondence to John Marston Ltd. regarding prints and production of car heaters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\2\ scan0217 | |
| Date | 8th March 1939 | |
| 1280 - (Experimental Dept.) Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/FJH {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} /R. 8th March, 1939. Messrs. John Marston Ltd., WOLVERHAMPTON. (For the attention of C.S. Steadman, Esq.) Dear Sirs, We enclose the following prints of the car heater:- 2 prints of L.O.P. DW.930 2 " " all numbers on above L.O.P., excepting FW.1009, Hank Rivet Bush. 1 print of scheme D.C.D. 1204. A further print of D.C.D. 1204 will follow to-morrow. We assume that you will supply all parts shown on the above L.O.P. except FW.1009. We believe that you are making six heaters for us in anticipation of our requiring this number. We shall require these, but would like to know whether they will be supplied complete as mentioned above. As soon as we hear from you about this we will send an official order for the heaters. We confirm that we have asked you to hold up the matrix unit with top and bottom tanks for 11.B.V. The shell, etc. need not be held up. Will the shell incorporate the latest modifications as specified for 50 production sets ? Yours faithfully, For ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||