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 Alta Car & Engineering Co. Ltd. regarding connecting rods and bearing thickness.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 116\3\ scan0025 | |
Date | 1st May 1939 | |
TELEPHONE—ELMBRIDGE 3157. C.T.S. TELEGRAMS—ELMBRIDGE 3157. ALTA CAR & ENGINEERING Co. LTD. Directors — G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} TAYLOR. L. TAYLOR. May 1st, 1939. FULLER'S WAY, KINGSTON BYE-PASS, SURBITON. Your Ref. Our Ref. GT.LV. Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd., (Experimental), Derby. Dear Sirs, In reply to your letter for which we thank you, we very much appreciate the answers given to us, these answers settle all the points, with the exception of perhaps the most important one, namely can we get the bearing in our present design of rod. If you would be good enough to have a look at our connecting rod and advise us the thickness of your bearing we should very much appreciate it. Should the connecting rod have insufficient thickness to bore out to the correct diameter, if you will advise us of the desirable thickness for this type of work we will make a trial set of rods up specially and approach Messrs. Wellworthy for the necessary bearings. Yours faithfully, AND ON BEHALF OF ALTA CAR & ENG. CO. LTD. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Taylor. | ||