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).
Request to The Press Caps Co Ltd. for a quantity of smaller press caps for Girling Hydraulic Brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\1\ scan0221 | |
| Date | 12th March 1940 | |
| 1029, Experimental Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby}7/MH.{M. Huckerby} 12th. March, 1940. The Press Caps Co Ltd., Chandos Road, LONDON, N.W.10. Dear Sirs, We require some press caps similar to those provided by your goodselves for use on the wedge housing of our Girling Hydraulic Brakes. The new caps will need to be smaller, being required to fit on to a diameter of 1.125" and should be 0.200" to 0.250" deep. If you have these in stock we should like you to despatch 2 dozen to the writer, when an official order will follow. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||