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 The Rover Company regarding the development and delivery of chromium plated tappets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\3\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 15th July 1935 | |
| X1091 TELEPHONE 8081 (7 LINES). TELEGRAMS: "ROVER,"COVENTRY". THE ROVER COMPANY LTD. COVENTRY, ENG. SBW:ME. July 15th 1935 W.A. Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Robotham, We have had a note from your people hastening delivery of chromium plated tappets. It looks rather as if it were a routine circular letter, but in any event we owe you a report on the subject. The position is that we felt it no use sending you back tappets until we had completed some more experiments ourselves. We are trying one or two developments now as a result of the previous experience, and as soon as we can see what appears to us to be a definite improvement, we will plate some more and send them up to you. Yours sincerely, S B Wilks | ||