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 Joseph Lucas Limited regarding a new Dual Arm Windscreen Wiper for a test car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\5\ img014 | |
| Date | 23th October 1931 | |
| REGISTERED OFFICES & GENERAL DEP'TS, GREAT KING STREET, BIRMINGHAM. LONDON OFFICE & SHOWROOMS, 319, REGENT STREET, W.1. NST X6115. JOSEPH LUCAS LIMITED ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT WELL STREET BIRMINGHAM TELEPHONE: NORTHERN 5201 (12 LINES) TELEGRAMS & CABLES: 'LUCAS BIRMINGHAM' LUCAS 'KING OF THE ROAD' LAMPS LUCAS STARTING & LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR CARS, LUCAS LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR MOTOR CYCLES, LUCAS MAGNETOS, LUCAS BATTERIES SERVICE DEPÔTS BELFAST 3/5 CALVIN STREET BIRMINGHAM GREAT HAMPTON STREET BRIGHTON OLD SHOREHAM RD., HOVE BRISTOL 345 BATH ROAD CARDIFF 54A PENARTH ROAD COVENTRY PRIORY STREET DUBLIN POULAND STREET NORTH, NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD EDINBURGH 92 STEVENSON RD. GORGIE GLASGOW 227/229 ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} GEORGES ROAD LEEDS 64, ROSEVILLE ROAD LIVERPOOL 450/458, EDGE LANE LONDON DORDRECHT ROAD, ACTON VALE, W.3 LONDON 759, HIGH ROAD, LEYTON, E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} 10. LONDON 319, REGENT ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong}, W.1. (SHOWROOMS & OFFICES) LONDON 155, MERTON ROAD, WIMBLEDON, S.W.19. MANCHESTER 291/293, DEANSGATE, SUPPLY DEPOT MANCHESTER TALBOT RD, STRETFORD NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE 54/56, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} MARY'S PLACE Messrs.Rolls-Royce,Limited., DERBY. WHEN REPLYING PLEASE REFER TO X/R3 23rd.October,1931. Dear Sirs, For the Attention of Mr.West. We thank you for your telegram received this morning addressed for the attention of the undersigned with further reference to the matter discussed at the Show, of a sample new type Dual Arm Windscreen Wiper which it was suggested might be got in time to be fitted to the test car which you are sending over to France next week for a long mileage endurance test. The undersigned went into this matter on returning from Olympia yesterday, and regrets to find the position is not quite so forward in the Factory as he had hoped. We are afraid it is quite impossible to get away to you a sample this week and at the moment it is more or less impossible to say quite when one will be available. We would very much like you to have one as this would be a splendid opportunity of giving the Wiper an exacting endurance test, but on the other hand it is no use rushing something through and letting you have a sample with which we should not be satisfied and which would get us no-where if it was not a proper model, as would be supplied to you in production. We are going into the matter further with Dr.Turner during to-day and in the course of a few posts we will advise you when it is likely we shall be in a position to let you have a sample, but it certainly looks as though it will be impossible to get one through in time for the car which we understand will be leaving next week. | ||