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 Autovac Manufacturing Co. Ltd. regarding a faulty Autovac apparatus from an experimental car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\4\ Scan357 | |
| Date | 8th January 1932 | |
| X3579. THE Autovac MANUFACTURING CO. LTD HEATON NORRIS STOCKPORT TELEPHONE 608 STOCKPORT TELEGRAMS AUTOVACING STOCKPORT DIRECTORS: J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} HIGGINSON H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} ARUNDEL J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} A.{Mr Adams} CHARLTON G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} A.{Mr Adams} GASTALL YOUR REF Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}4/KT. OUR REF 437.R. 437.R. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. RECEIVED 9 JAN 1932 8th January, 1932. Dear Sirs, With further reference to your letter of the 17th ult. when you reported your experience with a Patent AUTOVAC Apparatus removed from your experimental car, this instrument has since been given a long and careful test, and it certainly did not function perfectly. On close examination it was found the Valves were slightly out of gauge. This AUTOVAC was manufactured in 1927 and has the old type Float. Do you wish us to recondition and fit a Float of the new type? If so, kindly confirm. Yours faithfully, THE AUTOVAC MFG. CO.LTD. | ||