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 to AC-Sphinx Sparking Plug Co. Ltd. regarding a visit to discuss air silencer costs and to arrange for experimentation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\3\ scan0300 | |
| Date | 1st June 1939 | |
| 1294 EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}8/JH. 1st. June, 1939. AC-Sphinx Sparking Plug Co.Ltd., Dunstable. For the attention of Mr. Bennion Brown. Dear Sirs, With reference to our telephone conversation of yesterday, I regret to inform you that our Mr. Leslie will not be able to visit you on Tuesday of next week to discuss air silencer costs. However if it will be convenient to you, Mr. Leslie and Mr. Whyman propose to come down on Tuesday week the 13th. inst. arriving about 12.0 noon. In the meantime I am proposing to send a 25/30 H.P. car down to you on Monday next for you to experiment with your tuning apparatus and to try the detachable air silencer which I brought back with me 2 or 3 weeks ago, and which we now consider is O.K. Will you please let me know if these arrangements will suit you or otherwise. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||