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 S. Smith & Sons concerning a suggested modification to petrol gauge tank attachments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\3\ scan0049 | |
| Date | 27th March 1939 | |
| 105 1263.? CONTRACTORS TO ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY ENGINEERING AND ALLIED EMPLOYERS' NATIONAL FEDERATION TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 3333 (20 LINES) TELEGRAMS: SPEEDOFAC, PHONE, LONDON. S.SMITH'S M P REGISTERED TRADE MARK S.Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd CRICKLEWOOD WORKS. LONDON, N.W.2. BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING CABLES: SPEEDOFAC, LONDON. CODES: MARCONI, COMMERCIAL, BENTLEY'S. BRANCHES AT PARIS MILAN SYDNEY WELLINGTON AGENCIES AND SERVICE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES. SHOWROOMS & DEPOTS 179-185 GT PORTLAND ST LONDON, W.1. 26-33, COX ST LIVERY ST BIRMINGHAM 14A, JACKSONS ROW DEANSGATE MANCHESTER 21, DRURY STREET GLASGOW DUBLIN & BELFAST Please quote our reference: S.1. SALES DIRECTOR'S OFFICE March 27th 1939. Messrs.Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Attention of Mr.R.W.Harvey-Bailey. Impression - for the information of Mr.W.A.Robotham. Dear Sirs, Petrol Gauge Tank Attachments. In the absence of the writer our Electrical Engineer, Mr.Russell, has replied to yours of the 21st March (BY.3/B) in regard to the technical point raised. We quite appreciate it is in our mutual interests that the suggested modification be taken care of and if it is your understanding that the cost of the work was agreed on a fifty-fifty basis we will not hesitate to debit accordingly. Yours faithfully, For S.SMITH & SONS (Motor Accessories) LTD., (Signature) SALES DIRECTOR. | ||