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 Benjamin Whittaker Ltd. regarding the appropriate size of a Mechanics Universal Joint for a Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0023 | |
| Date | 12th May 1933 | |
| X484 NEW YORK: 114/118 LIBERTY STREET PARIS: 38 RUE TORCY 18EME BRUSSELS: 115 AVE. ADOLPHE BUYL, IXELLES TELEPHONE-HOLBORN 6024 TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: 'UBENWHIT WESTCENT LONDON' CABLE ADDRESS: 'UBENWHIT LONDON' Benjamin Whittaker Ltd. MANUFACTURERS' REPRESENTATIVES VICTORIA HOUSE, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON W.C.1 ESTABLISHED 1909 OUR REF. RB{R. Bowen}/MWD YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}14/KT Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. 12th. May 1933. Dear Sirs, Mechanics Universal Joints. We have to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of the 8th. instant, together with completed data sheet covering the Bentley car. We have now gone into this data, and are of the opinion that the Size 3C Roller-bearing Joint would be somewhat large for this application, but any smaller size would definitely be too small. In the circumstances we have put the whole of the information before our Factory, and shall submit you proposal in due course. Thanking you for your interest in these joints, and assuring you of our best services at all times, we are, Yours faithfully, BENJAMIN WHITTAKER LIMITED. | ||