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 radio manufacturer EKCO confirming a car radio order and installation arrangements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\2\ scan0060 | |
| Date | 19th June 1935 | |
| W. S. VERRELLS Chairman & Managing Director E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} K.{Mr Kilner} COLE Sub-Managing Director E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} R.{Sir Henry Royce} PRING R.{Sir Henry Royce} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} CORNWALL Directors EKCO ALL-ELECTRIC and BATTERY RADIO TELEGRAMS EKCO SOUTHEND-ON-SEA TELEPHONE SOUTHEND 49491 8 Lines Handwritten: H6153. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.5/MA. MIL/JM{Mr Morley} E.K.COLE LTD EKCO WORKS SOUTHEND-ON-SEA 19th June 1935. CAR RADIO SALES DIVISION Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, For the attention of H.E.West, Esq., We thank you for your letter of the 18th instant calling for an EKCO Car Radio to be fitted to your Managing Director's Rolls Royce Car in place of another make at present installed. We presume your order calls for a standard direct control receiver, and are making immediate arrangements to get into touch with your London Depot with regard to the installation. For your information, we are taking this order at list price less 40%, which are our standard terms to car manufacturers. Assuring you of our very careful attention to your requirements, We are, dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of E.K.Cole Ltd., [Signature: M.I. Lipman] Car Radio Sales Division. (M.I.Lipman). REPLY TO THIS LETTER SHOULD BE ADDRESSED "FOR ATTENTION CAR RADIO SALES DIVISION." IMPORTANT NOTICE "LIMITED LICENCE" "Ekco products are patented and are supplied upon condition that the recipient accepts a licence under the patents and agrees to sell only at the prices fixed by the Makers. Violation of this by anyone renders him liable for damages." | ||