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 confirming dispatch and discussing manufacturing details for a Jackall Distributor Box for a Phantom III chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\2\ scan0430 | |
| Date | 6th December 1935 | |
| 105 X1166 Bwg{J. C. Bowring} CONTRACTORS TO ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY ENGINEERING AND ALLIED EMPLOYERS NATIONAL FEDERATION TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 3333 (20 LINES) TELEGRAMS: SPEEDOFAC, PHONE, LONDON. S.Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd SMITH'S MP REGISTERED TRADE MARK CABLES: SPEEDOFAC, LONDON. CODES: MARCONI, COMMERCIAL, BENTLEY'S. BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING BRANCHES AT PARIS MILAN SYDNEY WELLINGTON AGENCIES AND SERVICE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES. SHOWROOMS & DEPOTS AT 179-185 GT PORTLAND ST LONDON, W.1. 26-33, COX ST LIVERY ST BIRMINGHAM 14a JACKSONS ROW DEANSGATE MANCHESTER 21, DRURY STREET GLASGOW DUBLIN & BELFAST CRICKLEWOOD WORKS LONDON, N.W.2 Please quote our reference: S.1. SALES DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. 6th December, 1935. File Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. For attention of Mr. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} C. Bowering. Dear Sirs, Replying to yours of the 4th December, Ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg{J. C. Bowring}/15/KW., and confirming conversation with Mr. Hives this morning, we are ear-marking the Jackall Distributor Box and Handle required for the new PhantomCodename for PHANTOM I 111 Chassis and hope to despatch these items to you during the course of the next day or two. As mentioned to Mr. Hives, we can if necessary, manufacture this box in your special metal. As we know that the question of weight is a serious consideration, we 'phoned for the purpose of ascertaining your wishes and understand that this point is immaterial in the case of the sample in question. Meanwhile, may we explain that the system which we are fitting to the chassis which you have kindly sent to our Great Portland Street address has been specially designed, and the distributor box employed being hand-made is necessarily more weighty than a tooled production job. Always at your service, Yours faithfully, For S. SMITH & SONS (MOTOR ACCESSORIES) LTD. [Signature] SALES DIRECTOR. | ||