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 Vandervell Products Ltd. regarding the production and dispatch timeline for Big End Bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\2\ scan0540 | |
| Date | 4th March 1940 | |
| 1020. VANDERVELL PRODUCTS LTD. TELEGRAMS & CABLES: STEELBAK, LONDON. DIRECTORS: C. A.{Mr Adams} VANDERVELL. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} A.{Mr Adams} VANDERVELL. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} P. FOSTER. TELEPHONE ACORN 2251/2. MANUFACTURERS OF PRESSED BUSHINGS, STEEL BACKED BABBITT & LEAD BRONZE BEARINGS. Patented. STEEL BACK BABBITT LINED BEARINGS HARD ROLLED BRONZE BUSHINGS WESTERN AVENUE, PARK ROYAL, W.3. File FL/LT. 4th March, 1940 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, DERBY. Dear Sirs, Your Reference:- Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}14/ML. We thank you for your letter of the 29th ultimo referring to the Big End Bearings to Drawing No.L.1164 called for on your Order No.9079, and as advised your Buying Department on the 1st instant, we anticipate that the tools will be ready for try-out in approximately 2 weeks' time. We hope, therefore, to be able to despatch the Bearings in approximately three weeks from to-day's date, and trust that this will be in time for your requirements. Assuring you of our best attention at all times. Yours faithfully, VANDERVELL PRODUCTS LIMITED. THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD | ||