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 Lodge Plugs Limited regarding sending one dozen MC3 plugs with non-corroding steel electrodes for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 162\6\ img112 | |
| Date | 7th May 1930 | |
| Telephone. 276 RUGBY (2 lines) Established 1904. X4425 S. Telegrams. "LODGE, RUGBY" Lodge Plugs Limited, Rugby. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Your Ref. Our Ref. BH/EW. Date 7 May 1930. DIRECTORS: J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} ALFRED HOPPS BERNARD HOPPS ALEC M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} LODGE F.{Mr Friese} BRODIE LODGE All letters must be addressed to the Company, not to individuals For the attention of Mr. Rowbotham Dear Sirs, We beg to advise you that we are sending you under separate cover one dozen MC3. plugs, fitted with special non-corroding steel electrodes, as promised at our recent interview. These plugs are exactly the same as the 1/2 dozen MC3. plugs which the writer left with Mr. Rowbotham. Our object in supplying you with these plugs is for a test on your car engines to overcome corrosion of nickel central electrodes. Yours faithfully, LODGE PLUGS LIMITED, Bernard Hopps. DIRECTOR. | ||