Letter from Solex Ltd. regarding the supply of parts for a Phantom engine bench test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\2\ scan0053 | |
| Date | 17th November 1928 | |
| Y3603 SOLEX LTD. Director GORDON RICHARDS. SOLEX WORKS - 223-231 MARYLEBONE ROAD LONDON N.W.1. Telegrams SOLEXCARB BAKER LONDON Telephones PADDINGTON 8621 8624 8622 8625 8623 8626 YOUR REF. OUR REF. IM/GR {George Ratcliffe} 17th November 1928. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Experimental Dept., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For attention of Mr. Robotham. With reference to the writer's visit to your Works yesterday and the bench test carried out on the Phantom engine with the special Duplex Solex, we are sending you under separate cover choke tubes 30, 31 and 32 in pairs, and also one 5 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m needle valve. A complete set of jets has already been left with you by the writer and we trust that with the aid of same and the advised parts, you will be able to get some useful and informative curves. The writer also begs to confirm his forthcoming appointment at your Works on Thursday next, the 22nd inst. Meanwhile, always at your service, We are, Yours faithfully, FOR SOLEX LTD. L. Mantell CUSTOMERS' CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT OWNERS' RISK. | ||
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).