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 Lodge Sparking Plug Co. Ltd. regarding the supply of special KR3 plugs for engine testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\1\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 7th June 1918 | |
| The Lodge Sparking Plug Company Limited. Rugby. Telegrams: 'Lodge Rugby' Telephone: Rugby 235. UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. X.607 Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd. Nightingale Road, D E R B Y RECEIVED 8 JUN 1918 YOUR REF: EH2/LG6618 OUR REF: AML/FB Date: 7 June 1918 FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR. HIVES Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your letter of yesterday, and we shall be very pleased to send you 1 Doz. of the special KR3 plugs made with solid copper centre pins and nickel points, for testing on your new engine. We have put this work in hand at once, and will despatch as quickly as possible. Yours faithfully, THE LODGE SPARKING PLUG CO. LTD. Alec M Lodge DIRECTOR P.S. We will post the above plugs to you marked "For the attention of Mr. Hives" | ||