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).
Follow-up letter from Wills Pressure Filled Joint Ring, Limited regarding gasket testing and potential orders.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\1\ scan0116 | |
| Date | 30th January 1935 | |
| WILLS PRESSURE FILLED JOINT RING, LIMITED, SALMON PARADE, BRIDGWATER. TELEPHONES: BRIDGWATER 241 & 242. (PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE) TELEGRAMS: WILLS, PHONE, BRIDGWATER. DIRECTORS: A.{Mr Adams} F.{Mr Friese} WILLS (CHAIRMAN) C. STANDEN PAINE J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} W. TURNER R.{Sir Henry Royce} DODD C. HENRY HOOPER P. WILLS MANAGING DIRECTOR YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}6/KW. OUR REF. PW/EMH. January 30th. 1935. [Handwritten Note]: BWG{J. C. Bowring} Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, We shall be glad to hear if you have now had an opportunity of testing the gasket supplied to you in October last. If so, what was the result of your tests? We shall be glad to hear whether we may have the pleasure of quoting you for these in quantities. We should like to mention that we have supplied since this date a number of gaskets to some of the motor manufacturers, and these have given extremely satisfactory results. Yours faithfully, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF WILLS PRESSURE FILLED JOINT RING, Ltd. [Signature: Percy Wills] MANAGING DIRECTOR. [Stamp: BIF 1935, ENGINEERING AND HARDWARE SECTION, BIRMINGHAM, MAY 20-31, SEE OUR EXHIBIT] [Handwritten Note: Answered. 1-2-35] | ||