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 Lovejoy Manufacturing Company about appointing a new UK manufacturer for their hydraulic shock absorbers.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\1\ Scan096 | |
Date | 27th September 1926 | |
LOVEJOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY Makers of LOVEJOY HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBERS 39 BRIGHTON AVENUE BOSTON, MASS. Handwritten Note Top Right: X832 Handwritten Note Left Side: Mr. Hives This may interest you Oy Noo15pl. September 27th, 1926. Mr Maurice Olley, Engineer, Rolls Royce of America, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts. Dear Mr Olley: Please be advise that we have appointed a manufacturer in England to produce our equipment on the royalty basis, closing the franchise with the Managing Director of this English concern upon his recent visit to our factory. The name of the concern is - A Rist, Limited, Waveney Works, Lowestoft. I believe that they manufacture in addition with our instruments, coil iginition, motor horns and motor lamps. If any of the Engineers in the Darby Rolls Royce plant are desirous of securing our equipment to aid in conducting further tests or for any other purpose, I believe Rist Company would be in a position to supply them. Very truly yours, LOVEJOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY [Signature of Geo A Crittenden] General Sales Manager. G A Crittenden - LF ALL CONTRACTS ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE SIGNATURE OF A DULY AUTHORIZED EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THIS COMPANY. CLERICAL ERRORS SUBJECT TO CORRECTION. | ||