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 S.U. Carburetter Co. Ltd. discussing issues with zinc base carburetters distorting at high temperatures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\3\ scan0113 | |
| Date | 11th February 1941 | |
| TELEPHONE: BIRMINGHAM EAST 1171. TELEGRAMS: FLEXCARBUR, BIRMINGHAM. THE S.U. CARBURETTER CO. LTD. PROPRIETORS:- MORRIS MOTORS LTD. ADDERLEY PARK, BIRMINGHAM, 8. VISCOUNT NUFFIELD CHAIRMAN W. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} W. THOMAS VICE-CHAIRMAN T. C. SKINNER, M.I.A.E. MANAGING DIRECTOR YOUR REF: OUR REF: TCS/DR February 11th 1941. 1081, W.A.Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr.Robotham, I am sorry not to have replied to your letter of the 5th Inst. before, but I have scarcely had a minute to attend to anything. We have turned out many thousands of carburetters with zinc base bodies, and generally speaking these have given satisfactory results. There is, however, no getting away from the fact that they are more apt to distort than the majority of suitable metals, specially when there is a high under-bonnet temperature. Apart from the question of the material in the body, I do not know of any other reason why the carburetter should be worse than the original ones supplied. Yours sincerely, | ||