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).
Quotation from Frank Wigglesworth & Co Ltd for a Texrope drive for a Phantom III car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\5\ scan0010 | |
| Date | 4th September 1936 | |
| Telephone SHIPLEY 1666-7-8 PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE Telegrams 'CLUTCH SHIPLEY' 4374 ON ADMIRALTY AND WAR OFFICE LISTS CONTRACTORS TO COLONIAL OFFICES BRITISH AND FOREIGN RAILWAYS &c. Codes A B C CODE 5th & 6th EDITIONS MARCONI INTERNATIONAL FRANK WIGGLESWORTH & CO LTD ENGINEERS IRONFOUNDERS AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF 'TEXROPE' DRIVES AT HOME LONDON POMEROY HOUSE 28a BASINGHALL STREET E C 2 Telephone METROP 2611 MANCHESTER I DICKINSON STREET WEST Telephone BLACKFRIARS 9123-4 BIRMINGHAM Telephone ACOCKS GREEN 0946 NEWCASTLE ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS HOOD STREET Telephone 21253 GLASGOW 196 BATH STREET Telephone DOUGLAS 2798 LEEDS SHEFFIELD NOTTINGHAM BRISTOL EXETER SOUTH WALES ABROAD INDIA & BURMA CALCUTTA AHMEDABAD CEYLON & SOUTH INDIA COLOMBO MALAY STRAITS SINGAPORE PENANG PALESTINE & SYRIA JAFFA HAIFA EGYPT CAIRO ALEXANDRIA SOUTH AFRICA JOHANNESBURG N & S RHODESIA BULAWAYO KENYA & TANGANYIKA NAIROBI AUSTRALIA SYDNEY NEW ZEALAND SHIPLEY YORKSHIRE ENGLAND OUR REF. HG/JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. 20/K.W. 4th September 1936. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 3rd inst., and we have pleasure in giving below our quotation for a 12 H.P. Texrope drive for use on your Phantom III car. We consider our Texropes far superior to any other form of rubber V belt drives, as we have tested all other makes in our works together with Texropes under the same running conditions, and find that our ropes have a longer life than any other rope on the market. Our Texropes are the pioneer rubber and canvas V ropes, and we have had therefore more experience than any other firm in this line. 1 - 12 H.P. Max. at 4500/4000 R.P.M. 1 - 4 1/8" P.C.D. C.I. Whole Texpulley grooved for 5 - 1/2" Texropes. Bored and keywayed. Face width 3.3/8". 1 - 4 3/8" P.C.D. Ditto Ditto. 5 - 1/2" x 39" Texropes. giving 13.4" crs. £2. 4. 6d Delivered - Your works. Despatch - 5/7 days. Terms - Nett cash monthly account. Yours faithfully, for FRANK WIGGLESWORTH & CO. LTD. Frank Wigglesworth Managing Director. MANUFACTURERS OF SHAFTING COLLARS COUPLINGS RIGID FLEXIBLE BEARINGS GUN METAL RING OILING BALL & ROLLER FIXINGS W.I. PULLEYS C.I. " ROPE " FRICTION CLUTCHES RIM TYPE DISC " "ELL" CENTRIFUGAL GEARING SPUR BEVEL WORM VARIABLE SPEED GEARS TEXROPE DRIVES ELCARD FLEXIBLE COUPLING INSIST ON GENUINE TEXROPE DRIVES REGISTERED PATENT No 246440 MANUFACTURED & SOLD ONLY BY FRANK WIGGLESWORTH & Co LTD 'ELCARD' FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS REGISTERED PATENT No 368637 MANUFACTURED & SOLD ONLY BY FRANK WIGGLESWORTH & Co LTD Contracts as to date of Delivery - Subject to delays arising from fires, strikes, lock-outs, defective castings, or other causes beyond our control | ||