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 Ethyl Export Corporation concerning sparking plug trouble, enclosing correspondence from the United States.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 162\3\ img085 | |
| Date | 28th May 1937 | |
| CABLEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, LONDON. TELEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, SOWEST. Handwritten: WST 6000 ETHYL EXPORT CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware U.S.A. with limited liability. THAMES HOUSE, MILLBANK LONDON, S.W.1 Telephone: VICTORIA 1441 Head Office: 135 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK, U.S.A 28th May, 1937. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Experimental Department, Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, With reference to the sparking plug trouble, I thought you would like to see the enclosed which is a copy of a letter I have just received from the States. Since this letter is inter-office correspondence I should be glad if you would keep it within your own organization. Julian Frey, the writer, is our technical contact man between the automobile manufacturing concerns in the States. How is the car situation developing? I should be glad to have your views when you have a chance to write to me. Yours sincerely, Rod Banks FRB/BB Handwritten note: Very interesting but cutting out at high speed has never been our problem WRF | ||