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 Zenith Carburetter Co Ltd regarding the availability and pricing of American carburetters for the Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0061 | |
| Date | 2nd August 1938 | |
| 1633 The ZENITH CARBURETTER·CO·LTD CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE A B C. 5TH EDITION. HONEYPOT LANE STANMORE MIDDLESEX –– ADJOINING –– QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION. ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213. 2nd August,1938. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Mr. Robotham, I have now had further information from America concerning the availability of the AAV type of carburetter, and I therefore refer back to my letter of the 15th June, where I gave approximate prices for this type of carburetter. The situation is in America that they only make two sizes of the AA{D. Abbot-Anderson} carburetter, 30 m/m and 36 m/m, and no carburetter exists in size 42, as would be necessary for the PHANTOM III. Therefore, I will only deal with the twin 36 m/m carburetter, which is known as AAV-2. We can purchase this carburetter complete from America with hand-control strangler, but with inter-connection between this and the throttle, i.e. a similar sort of control to what is now employed. This will cost a little extra, and the price will be between 81/6d. and 84/6d. -1- | ||