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 The Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd regarding modifications to a DC-42 carburetter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\2\ scan0232 | |
| Date | 24th September 1937 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER·CO·LTD CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY TELEGRAMS ZENICARBUR. PHONE. LONDON CODE A B C 5th EDITION HONEYPOT LANE STANMORE MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN TELEPHONE WORDSWORTH 2213 24th September, 1937. Your ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}3/MH{M. Huckerby} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr. Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, 30 h.p. DC-42 CARBURETTER We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd inst., and note your remarks. The reamering of the choke spindle bearings to .253" diameter is being done at once. As regards your comment on the plating of the choke spindle, if you will examine this you will find that we plate the stop arm after it is assembled on the spindle, and it occurs to us that you would be satisfied if we were to plate the stop arm before assembly, in which case the ends of the spindle would not be plated at all. If this procedure is acceptable to you, we shall be pleased to introduce the modification as soon as the present stock of spindles is used up. In respect of chamfering of the depression in each side of the intake of the carburetter, we are looking 1. | ||