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 The Rover Company apologising for delays on a cylinder block and tappets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\3\ scan0080 | |
| Date | 18th December 1935 | |
| TELEPHONE 8081 (7 LINES). TELEGRAMS: "ROVER,"COVENTRY". THE ROVER COMPANY LTD. COVENTRY, ENG. SBW:ME. December 18th 1935 W.A. Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Robotham, They will finish your cylinder block as near as they possibly can to the one thou: under-size. There is some hope that they may get it to this dimension. The tappets have been held up because we were putting in a new experimental plant for this type of work which is now finished and they should be able to get them to you this week. I apologise for the delay on both these items. We shall have to be more careful in future not to take on these jobs until we are in a better position to put them through. Yours sincerely, S.B.Wilks. | ||