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 Aston Martin regarding the supplier and use of flexible exhaust piping.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\3\ Scan002 | |
| Date | 13th March 1933 | |
| DIRECTORS SIR ARTHUR M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} SUTHERLAND, BART. K.B.E. R.{Sir Henry Royce} GORDON SUTHERLAND A.{Mr Adams} C. BERTELLI Aston Martin LTD. FELTHAM, MIDDLESEX. TELEGRAMS ASTOMARTIA FELTHAM TELEPHONE FELTHAM 218 & 219 CODES: A.B.C. 5th AND MARCONI Handwritten: x1276 Handwritten: (L1) OURS. ACB/BJ. REF. YOURS. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1./KT. 13th. March. 1933 S.H.Grylls Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr. Grylls., In reply to your letter of the 10th the firm from whom we purchase the flexible exhaust piping is the Powerflexible Tubing Co. Vale Road, London.N.4. We have experienced no trouble in leakages in this type of piping, but we have no experience as to its behaviour in the event of it being subjected to continual flexing. I should imagine that this would depend largely on the length of flex used. However, I do not think you would get any trouble if you were to use this piping in lengths not less than 12". If there is any further information you would like on this matter, I will be pleased to give it to you, on hearing from you. Yours sincerely, For ASTON MARTIN LIMITED. [Signature] A C Bertelli | ||