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 Hardy Spicer & Co. Ltd. confirming an order modification for a joint layout.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 9th January 1939 | |
| 1262 HARDY SPICER & CO. LIMITED. TELEPHONE : BIRCHFIELDS 4504-9. 6 LINES TELEGRAMS & CABLES : AUTOJOINTS, BIRMINGHAM CODE : BENTLEY'S PHRAZE LONDON OFFICE 54 ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} THOMAS STREET LONDON, S.E.1 TELEPHONE : HOP 0703 Manufacturers of HARDY SPICER UNIVERSAL JOINTS AND PROPELLER SHAFTS · GENUINE HARDY FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS BRITISH BOUND BROOK OIL-LESS & COMPO OIL-RETAINING BEARINGS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY Registered Office and Works BIRCH ROAD · WITTON BIRMINGHAM·6 ENGLAND OUR REF TFG/MB. YOUR REF Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}/2/MH.{M. Huckerby} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. 9-1-39. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 5th inst. agreeing to the use of the standard angle joint on the front end. We have modified our Order, and are enclosing a joint layout, showing this type of joint, with your midship stub end. Yours faithfully, p.p. HARDY, SPICER & CO.LIMITED. J Green CHIEF DRAUGHTSMAN. | ||