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).
Request to The S.U. Company Ltd. for two experimental 20/25 HP carburetter needles with specified dimensions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\4\ scan0045 | |
| Date | 15th July 1935 | |
| X1487 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}3/KW. 15th July, 1935. The S.U. Company Ltd., East Works, Adderley Park, Birmingham 8. Dear Sirs, 20/25 HP. Carburetter Needles. Will you please make 2 experimental needles for our 20/25 as follows :- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 XC8 99 99 99 93.5 88.5 85.5 84 83.5 83 82.5 82 82 82 82 XC9 99 99 99 93.5 89 86 84.5 84 83.5 83 82.5 82 82 82 Dimensions in thous' of an inch, at intervals of .125". As these needles are very urgently required, will you please despatch them by the earliest possible passenger train to-morrow, the 16th inst., advising us by telegram as to the time of the train. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||