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).
Follow-up letter from Lake & Elliot Ltd. regarding a demonstration of their patented car jacking system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\3\ Scan172 | |
| Date | 16th November 1932 | |
| TELEGRAMS "LAKE, BRAINTREE" "STEELCAS, COVENTRY" REGISTERED TRADE MARKS "MILLENNIUM" "MIDAS" TELEPHONE No 81. BRAINTREE O COVENTRY 4973 LAKE & ELLIOT LIMITED ENGINEERS AND FOUNDERS PROPRIETORS OF THE BRAINTREE CASTINGS CO. ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & LLOYDS LIST. CASTINGS STEEL & MALLEABLE IRON MADE FROM ELECTRIC FURNACE. GREY IRON. MOTOR ACCESSORIES LIGHT REPETITION WORK MIDLAND OFFICE, 29, HERTFORD STREET, COVENTRY. 16th November 1932 YOUR REFERENCE OUR REFERENCE Handwritten notes: X3117 RECEIVED 17 NOV 1932 LID{A. J. Lidsey} see me. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} By/Jones this r it is a cantilever arrangement Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Purchase Department, Nightingale Road, D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, The writer wishes to thank you for the interview kindly accorded him yesterday and for the opportunity of demonstrating our patented system of car jacking. He will be very glad to come over again any day next week, preferably, however, Monday afternoon at or about 2.30, if this will be convenient to your goodselves. We beg to give below ten points in favour of the scheme:- (1) The whole operation of jacking up a rear axle is made from the side, and in this position no possible damage can be done to the operator's hands or clothing. (2) A rear axle can be lifted with the same certainty in the dark as in daylight. (3) Minimum added weight, the bars being about 4 lbs each. All other systems call for the use of three or four jacks and weigh with their attachment anything up to half a cwt. | ||