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 Hardy Spicer & Co. Ltd. enclosing blueprint 36-0005 and discussing the manufacturing of two parts with different finishes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\3\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 4th January 1936 | |
| ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. Telegrams & Cables: "AUTOJOINTS, BIRMINGHAM." Code: BENTLEY'S PHRASE. Telephone: BIRCHFIELDS 4504/8 (5 LINES). Hardy Spicer & Co., Limited. Registered Offices and Works: Birch Road, Witton, Birmingham, 6. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE SPICER UNIVERSAL JOINTS & PROPELLER SHAFTS. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE HARDY FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS & PROPELLER SHAFTS. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE BRITISH BOUND BROOK OIL-LESS BEARINGS. Manufacturers & Patentees of COMPO OIL RETAINING BEARINGS. Our Reference KET/VJQ Your Reference HGLes.2/KW. 2.1.36. 4th January, 1936. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd, DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your note of the 2nd, and we attach herewith our blueprint 36-0005 and would be glad of your confirmation of this, to the length of 55.45" stated. On receipt of confirmation, we shall be pleased to put in hand 1 off each, standard finish and special finish, and with regard to the costing of the latter we would prefer that you leave this with us for a little time, to be checked on the actual completion of the job. Yours faithfully, For & on behalf of: HARDY SPICER & CO., LIMITED. K.E.Tatlow. Sales Manager. [Handwritten note] Print wlt By/TWP [Stamp] ENCLOSURE No 101 "JUSTSO" | ||