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 Bendix Ltd. regarding the proposed automatic clutch control for a 25 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\2\ scan0212 | |
| Date | 24th October 1933 | |
| GRY{Shadwell Grylls} BENDIX LIMITED TYSELEY, BIRMINGHAM CABLES & TELEGRAMS: BENDIXCORP, BIRMINGHAM TELEPHONE: ACOCKS GREEN 1601-2-3-4 DIRECTORS: J.A.THOMSON A.B.WARING F.A.STANTON, U.S.A. Your ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/KT. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. October 24th, 1933. Attention: Mr. E.W. Hives. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 17th instant with reference to the proposed automatic clutch control on your 25 h.p. car and we note that you would like us to carry out the fitting here. We should be very pleased to do this and it would save us a considerable amount of time if you could arrange for the car to be sent down with the inlet manifold already provided with some form of take-off to which we can couple our vacuum pipe. Our standard vacuum lines push over a 1/2" o.d. pipe, or alternatively, the manifold could be tapped to take one of our standard elbows as shown on the enclosed blue print. We write to you because it has occurred to us that you might have standard fittings which could be adapted to this purpose or possibly even a suitable manifold already drilled to take a fitting. We hope that all the parts will be ready by the the present week. Yours faithfully, BENDIX LIMITED, C.H.L. WYNNE, Engineering Department. blue print RMS. [STAMP TEXT] OLYMPIA NOV. 2-11 COMMERCIAL MOTOR TRANSPORT EXHIBITION OUR STAND No. 140 Empire Hall No. 313 Gallery [FOOTER TEXT] Bendix Limited, take every precaution against fire, but do not accept liability for any injury which may be caused by fire to any Motor Vehicle or part thereof entrusted to them for any purpose whatsoever Customers' Cars are driven by our Staff at Customers' own Risk and Responsibility. | ||