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 Borg & Beck Company Ltd. regarding a suggested alternative scheme for 13½' driven plates.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 129\3\ scan0297 | |
| Date | 15th June 1936 | |
| Telegrams BORGANBECK, LEAMINGTON SPA. Telephone LEAMINGTON SPA 1550-1. X1110 BORG & BECK COMPANY LTD. MANUFACTURERS OF CLUTCHES. Registered Office BROCK HOUSE, LANGHAM STREET, LONDON, W.1. WORKS: Tachbrook Road, LEAMINGTON SPA, Warwickshire. Directors E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} B. BOUGHTON. W. EMMOTT. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} T. BROCK. Your Ref Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.15/KW. 15th June 1936. Our Ref TS/AMS/LP.{Mr Lappin} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr. F.Ll. Smith. Dear Sirs, Re 13½" Driven Plates. We have to acknowledge receipt of your esteemed letter of the 13th instant in connection with the above, and thank you for enclosed drawing No.N.Sch. 4825. Meantime, we would advise that we have set out a suggested scheme as shown as shown our drawing No.Ex.1039/2, and would ask you to give this plate your consideration, for you will appreciate that scheme as set out by you would be impossible with the plates we have in stock, incorporating horse-shoe slots. We thank you for your earliest possible comments. Yours faithfully, BORG & BECK COMPANY LIMITED. A.M.Shinkins. | ||