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 to Messrs. Small & Parkes Ltd. regarding alterations to a clutch centre blueprint and an enquiry about cork inserts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\1\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 8th June 1934 | |
| X5300 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}11/KW. 8th June, 1934. Messrs. Small & Parkes Ltd., Hendham Vale Works, MANCHESTER 9. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 6th, ref. AK/MB, submitting your blue print L.690. With our alteration which we have marked on your print, your centre will fit our clutch. We should be glad therefore if you would make up for us one such centre and are asking our Order Office to send you an official order. We should like to know what you consider to be the merit of the cork inserts and whether their life is in any way comparable with a bonded asbestos lining. On the sample clutch we have here the corks do not stand proud of the linings. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||