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 complaints of breakages on glass petrol filters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\1\ Scan197 | |
| Date | 17th May 1928 | |
| CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS' OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. Telegrams: 'ZENICARBUR, PHONE,' LONDON. Code: A.B.C. 5TH Edition. Telephones MUSEUM 9106-9. 77967 THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. 40-42, NEWMAN STREET, LONDON, W. 1 17th May 1928 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. Derby. Also at LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, MICH,(U.S.A.) MILAN, THE HAGUE, TURIN. Dear Sirs, Ref. BY23/G.15.5.28 We are in receipt of your letter of the 15th inst. reference as above, and are sorry to hear that you are having a little trouble with some of the glasses on the petrol filters breaking. In reply we would say that we certainly have had a certain number of complaints about breakage, but the percentage of the total is extremely small. We have now delivered over 8000 of these filters to various people in this Country, but we are certain that we have not had more than 30 or 40 cases of glasses breaking and then we could not be sure that some of them were not due to having been dropped or knocked. We must agree that with a material like glass there is always a possibility of a breakage occurring now and again, even though we use the finest glass procurable i.e. "Pyrex". This glass is largely used in cooking utensils and it is possible to heat it to a high temperature and put it [STAMPS: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS, THE MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION, RECEIVED MAY 1928] [HANDWRITTEN: 77967] | ||