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 S. Smith & Sons acknowledging that a car with automatic jet control has been sent to the S.U. Company.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\4\ Scan305 | |
| Date | 4th January 1933 | |
| 83499. CONTRACTORS TO ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY S.SMITH & Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd CRICKLEWOOD WORKS LONDON, N.W.2 TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 3333 (10 LINES) TELEGRAMS: SPEEDOFAC, PHONE, LONDON. CABLES: SPEEDOFAC, LONDON. CODES: MARCONI, COMMERCIAL, BENTLEY'S. BRANCHES AT PARIS MILAN SYDNEY WELLINGTON AGENCIES AND SERVICE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES SHOWROOMS & DEPOTS 179-185 GT PORTLAND ST LONDON, W.1 26-33, COX ST LIVERY ST BIRMINGHAM 14, JACKSONS ROW DEANSGATE MANCHESTER 19, WEST REGENT ST GLASGOW DUBLIN & BELFAST Please quote our reference S.10 Your ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/KT. 4th January 1933. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We acknowledge with thanks your letter of the 3rd inst. from which we note that you have sent the automatic jet control fitted up on one of your cars to Mr. Skinner of the S.U. Company, and we are getting in touch with him direct. Yours faithfully, p.p. S. SMITH & SONS (MOTOR ACCESSORIES) LIMITED. THERMOSTATIC CONTROL DEPARTMENT. | ||