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. querying a discrepancy on drawing E.61387 for torsion springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\2\ scan0150 | |
| Date | 10th May 1937 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD HONEYPOT LANE, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR. PHONE, LONDON. CODE: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION. ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213 Handwritten: G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Radclyffe 10th May, 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., (Experimental Dept.) DERBY. Your ref:Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}19/JH Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. Ratcliffe In reference to your letter of the 5th inst., calling for 12 torsion springs made to Drawing E.61387, we notice that you give a closed length of spring of .156" and call for five complete turns. If five complete coils are provided, then the closed length of spring will be .168" The Drawing shows only four complete turns and we shall be glad if you will kindly put us right on this matter. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. A.K. Palmer. AEP/KD | ||