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 Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd. regarding the adoption of a high-pressure pump and new seatings for Phantom III EEC-42 carburetters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\2\ scan0192 | |
| Date | 9th July 1937 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD HONEYPOT LANE STANMORE MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR. PHONE. LONDON. CODE: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213 9th July, 1937. Your ref: RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR{George Ratcliffe}9/JH Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr. Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, PHANTOM III EEC-42 CARBURETTERS We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 7th inst., and note your remarks regarding the adoption of a high pressure pump and your requirements in respect to seatings to be fitted to the carburetters to meet higher pressure from the pump. We are preparing the Drawings for the new seating and we shall communicate with you again on this matter. In the meantime, we would like to point out to you that we have now in stock 21 carburetters with the present .180 seating fitted. In addition we have 89 assemblies of needles and seatings finished, ready for use on carburetters; and, furthermore, there are in stock 51 needles Part No.L.1175 and 179 seatings Part NO.L.1174, and .180" in diameter. If you definitely decide to adopt the high pressure pump, these stocks (or a proportion of them) will be rendered Obsolete and we shall be glad to have your agreement to meet the expense in connection with this cancellation of finished parts. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. A.L. Palmer AEP/KD | ||