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 Cooper-Stewart Engineering regarding a speedometer for a Warner gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\5\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 17th March 1939 | |
| THE COOPER-STEWART ENGINEERING CO LTD Registered Office: STEWART HOUSE 136-7 LONG ACRE LONDON W.C.2 Proprietors: TEMPLE BAR 4941 (3 LINES) Telegrams & Cables: SPEEDISTIC OR WEALSHAN RAND LONDON Codes: ACME, BENTLEY AND PRIVATE Head Office: STEWART HOUSE, 136/137, LONG ACRE, LONDON, W.C.2. BRANCHES. SOUTH AMERICA BUENOS AIRES MONTE VIDEO NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WORKS: LONDON: LONG ACRE, W.C.2. ALBERT ROAD, HENDON, N.W.4. MONTE VIDEO BUENOS AIRES. AUCKLAND. Stewart SPEEDOMETERS. SEARCHLIGHTS. WINDSCREEN WIPERS. GENERAL CAR ACCESSORIES. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO:- WAT/W/21. 17th March, 1939. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, Your ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}2/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Experimental Department. We have been advised by Messrs. Chrysler Motors that you are interested in a Speedometer to suit a Warner gearbox. Our friends, Messrs. Chrysler Motors, transferred your enquiry to us because we have supplied many thousands of Cooper-Stewart Speedometers for the Warner gearbox. Will you please let us know what is the gear ratio and tyre size of the car to which the gearbox will be fitted. Also length of flexible shaft required. On receipt of your reply we can probably supply a Speedometer from stock without further delay. Yours faithfully, PER PRO. THE COOPER-STEWART ENGINEERING CO. LTD. W.A.T Handwritten notes: Top center: 1154 Left margin: 10/43 Left margin, vertical: T28 - From 963738 45-- Right side: R 6-169 Right side: 6 Certi Bottom left: REAR AXLE RATIO 10/43, TYRE 750 R.P.MILE, CABLE 100" LONG | ||