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).
Correspondence with S.U. Carburetter Co. Ltd. regarding throttle body distortion and potential reversion to original type carburettors for the Bentley V.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\1\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 16th February 1941 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/ET. 16th February, 1941. T.S. SKINNER Esq., S.U. Carburetter Co. Ltd., Adderley Park, BIRMINGHAM 8. Dear Skinner, Thanks for your letter of the 11th instant. If the distortion of the throttle body which we have sent you is what must be expected from zinc base castings, then we can say definitely that these are ruled out for our products. We have had so much trouble with the new carburetters which we were proposing to standardise on the Bentley V that, at the moment, I am contemplating reverting to the original type. Presumably, if an order for a bigger quantity was placed, the price would be reduced. Yours sincerely, | ||