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 Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd. confirming an agreement to lock carburetter throttle screws with solder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 8th June 1938 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD HONEYPOT LANE, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213. 8th June 1938 Your ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}11/JH GR{George Ratcliffe} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Attention: Mr. Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, DC-42 CARBURETTERS Further to your letter of the 3rd inst., and particularly in connection with the last paragraph of that letter, we note that you agree to locking the throttle screws on the EEC-42 carburetters by means of a blob of solder round the head of the screws, and we trust we shall be in order in doing exactly the same operation on the throttle screws of the DC-42 carburetter. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. A.{Mr Adams} T. Palmer AEP/KD | ||