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 Smith's Jacking Systems Ltd. regarding an order for Hydrolift jacks and expensive special brackets for Bentley cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\2\ scan0137 | |
| Date | 30th December 1938 | |
| TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 6671-2. SMITH'S JACKING SYSTEMS LTD. DIRECTORS: A.{Mr Adams} GORDON SMITH, CHAIRMAN. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} W. SESSIONS, GENERAL MANAGER. C. W. NICHOLS, R.{Sir Henry Royce} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} SMITH. EDGWARE ROAD - CRICKLEWOOD - LONDON N.W.2 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}3/MH{M. Huckerby} 30th December, 1938 S.H.Grylls, Esq., Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Mr.Grylls, I thank you for your letter of the 28th inst. from which I note we are to receive your official order for three more Hydrolift jacks for Bentley cars. I also note that you require the brackets to be similar to those despatched to you with the first two jacks, but in view of a possible modification to these at a later date, we shall not put special dies in hand. You will appreciate that the machining of these special brackets on your Hydrolift jacks is a very expensive job and although we supplied the first sample without charging you for this item, we now propose invoicing this to you at a price of £9. 0. 0d. to cover a complete jack and hand-made bracket to your specification and which has, of course, already been delivered to you. I am mentioning this fact as perhaps you would care to cut your proposed order down to a smaller number. anyway I shall be glad if you will be good enough to let me have your comments with regard to this, before we put the work in hand. Yours sincerely, DWS/IKS | ||