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 Lodge Plugs Limited regarding the supply of modified X402B/2 plugs for a Kestrel VI engine test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 162\6\ img293 | |
| Date | 12th July 1935 | |
| Telephone, 276 RUGBY (2 lines) Established 1904 Telegrams: "LODGE, RUGBY" Lodge Plugs Limited. Rugby. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Your Ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.6.MA. Our Ref. S/WS/MH.{M. Huckerby} Date 12 July 1935. DIRECTORS: ALFRED HOPPS BERNARD HOPPS C. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} LODGE BRODIE LODGE. All letters must be addressed to the Company, not to individuals. For the attention of Mr. West. WST Dear Sirs, Re: X402B Plugs. Thank you for your letter of the 11th instant, advising that you have an opportunity of fitting some of the above plugs to a Kestrel VI type test, commencing on Wednesday morning next, and that if we send you a set of the plugs, you will run them and obtain approval. We have pleasure in advising you that we shall be able to send you a set of plugs on Monday, 15th instant, which will reach you on Tuesday, in readiness for the commencement of the test. We would advise you that since you originally tested this plug, it has been modified by the incorporation of the brazed earth ring. The plugs we send you will be designated X402B/2, and it is expected that the plug will be put into production as A5B. Yours faithfully, LODGE PLUGS LIMITED. SALES MANAGER. | ||