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 Hardy Spicer & Co. Limited confirming they are proceeding with a new Propeller Shaft and enclosing an official acknowledgment.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0057 | |
Date | 28th May 1937 | |
ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. 1262 Telegrams & Cables: "AUTOJOINTS, BIRMINGHAM" Code: BENTLEY'S PHRAZE. Telephone BIRCHFIELDS 4504/9 (6 LINES). Hardy Spicer & Co. Limited. Registered Offices and Works: Birch Road, Witton, Birmingham, 6. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE SPICER UNIVERSAL JOINTS & PROPELLER SHAFTS. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE HARDY FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS & PROPELLER SHAFTS. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE BRITISH BOUND BROOK OIL-LESS BEARINGS. Manufacturers & Patentees of COMPO OIL RETAINING BEARINGS. Our Reference KET/RLS/FA: Your Reference Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}10/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 28th May 1937. Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 24th instant and confirm that we are proceeding with a new Propeller Shaft and have requested our Production Department to advise your goodselves our earliest possible delivery date. We have pleasure in enclosing our Official Acknowledgment against your instructions, which we trust you will find in order. Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of Hardy Spicer & Company Limited. Q.L. Stockham Sales Department. | ||