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 Solex Ltd. to Colonel Fell enquiring about the possibility of testing their 'Solex' carburettors at Derby.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\2\ scan0004 | |
| Date | 31th March 1928 | |
| X3603 SOLEX LTD. Director GORDON RICHARDS. SOLEX WORKS - 223-231 MARYLEBONE ROAD LONDON N.W.1. Telegrams SOLEXCARB BAKER LONDON Telephones PADDINGTON 8621 8624 8622 8625 8623 8626 YOUR REF. OUR REF. IM/AMF 31st March, 1928. Colonel Fell, D.S.O. c/o Messrs.Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Colonel Fell, I learn from friend Emtage that His Majesty has been robbed of your services and that you have joined Messrs. Rolls Royce in a technical capacity. I have had the temerity to wonder for some time whether there would be any possibility of getting the 'Solex' tested at Derby, and your installation there tempts me to take advantage thereof and ask you if any such prospects are feasible, or whether such ambitions are merely of the cheeky order and are to be treated accordingly. I am aware, of course, that something quite special would have to be provided before Messrs.Rolls Royce would ever consider such a course, but, I would hasten to assure you that this can easily be done. We make a special carburettor for Hispano Suiza, and, apart from that we have now a new type of 'Solex' which CUSTOMERS' CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT OWNERS' RISK. | ||