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 Cadillac discussing G.M. Babbitt material, bearing shells, and an experimental car with torsion rods.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 170\3\ img101 | |
| Date | 8th October 1936 | |
| oy Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}19/KW. 8th October, 1936. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Olley, Esq., c/o The Cadillac Motor Co.Ltd., Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Dear Oy, Delighted to hear you are coming to Vauxhall's. I think you are wise provided no scrapping starts over here. Mind you let us know when you are arriving, and come and see us. We have been told great things about the new G.M. Babbitt, which I understand is called 14-B. Could you tell me how to get hold of some and whether we ought to send bearing shells over to be white metalled in America, or whether we could get hold of the material with specifications as to how to use it ? We have got an experimental car running about with torsion rods and it makes a nice clean looking job. We have got our skid pan. Yours sincerely, | ||