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 a specially modified DBV-42 throttle body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0099 | |
| Date | 17th October 1938 | |
| File 1033 Garage 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 17th October 1938. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Attention: Mr. Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, We are sending under separate cover the special DBV-42 throttle body requested by our Mr. Fisher recently. This has been modified and has the idle discharge and volume control screw as fitted on the EEC-42 carburetter which we supply to you, and the vacuum kick adjustment is fitted with a grub screw instead of a leaden plug. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. S.A.Walter SAW/KD Wraith automatic control in conjunction with Smiths Thermostat. R.W.Hobbs | ||