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 Wilmot-Breeden Ltd concerning the performance and re-tuning of a stabilising bumper for a 25 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 15th September 1934 | |
| ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO HEAD OFFICES, CAMDEN ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PHONE: CENT. 8593 (9 LINES) LONDON OFFICE & FITTING STATION 177, THE VALE, ACTON, W 3 WARPLE WAY ENTRANCE GRAMS: WILBUMPERS, PHONE, LONDON PHONE: SHEPHERDS BUSH 4471-2 BIRMINGHAM TELEGRAMS & CABLES "BUMPERS" PHONE CENTRAL 8593 (9 LINES) A B C CODE 5TH EDITION SCHOFIELD'S CODE WILMOT-BREEDEN LTD MOTOR · ACCESSORY · ENGINEERS MANAGING DIRECTOR C. L. BREEDEN. WORKS No. 3 CAMDEN WORKS CAMDEN STREET SERVICE & SPARES POWELL STREET EASTERN WORKS CAMDEN STREET BIRMINGHAM 1 WORKS No. 4 TYSELEY PHONE ACOCKS GREEN 1657-8-9 AND PRIVATE LINE OUR REF. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/ES. YOUR REF. 15th September 1934. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. LES Dear Sirs, For attention of Mr. Leslie. I have had handed to me your letter of the 7th instant in relation to the stabilising bumper supplied to your Rolls-Royce 25 HP. car. We are very pleased to hear your comments on the improvement that was made on the bumper being fitted, but definitely we can say that you would not get the same result by transferring this bumper to another design of chassis and body without modifications to the tuning and possibly to the beam strength, unless the car bore every characteristic of the one that the bumper has been tuned for. Your last paragraph mentions that the frame is different, so we can definitely say that the car should be re-tuned, and we should be very pleased if you would send it to these Works so that this can be carried out. We would suggest that the car should be here next Wednesday the 19th, as soon as possible after 9 o'clock in the morning. This will then give us an opportunity of taking the car on the road, finding out its peculiarities, and tuning the bumper up to it. This work may make it necessary for us to manufacture springs of LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF BUMPERS IN EUROPE | ||