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 Goodyear providing a quotation for fan belts and detailing the associated mould equipment charges.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\1\ scan0190 | |
| Date | 1st September 1938 | |
| Telephone WOLVERHAMPTON 22321 GOOD YEAR Telegrams GOTYRUCO WOLVERHAMPTON N8620 B JCW 1135 200 x 1000 The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co. (Gt. Britain) Limited Wolverhampton 1st September, 1938. Messrs. Rolls Royce, DERBY. For the attention of Mr. C. S. Steadman, Experimental Dept. Dear Sirs, Referring to recent letters dealing with fan belts, we have now secured from our factory, which has reopened after the holidays, information respecting mould equipment charges incorporated in our quotation to you, as follows: EW.1775. 1,200 belts, price 2/5d each. Equipment write-off included - 8d per belt. E.89343. 200 belts, price 6/8d each. Equipment write-off included - 5/- per belt. Orders subsequent to the quantities as stated above would not bear the equipment charge, and a corresponding reduction in the billing price would be made. At your convenience we should appreciate the proposed visit to inspect belts and the method of manufacture. Yours faithfully, THE GOODYEAR TYRE & RUBBER CO. (GT. BRITAIN) LTD. K.E. Barton Manager - Mechanical Goods Department. K.E.Barton. C.W.F. FACTORIES IN ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, UNITED STATES, ARGENTINE & JAVA. NO CONTRACT VALID UNLESS SIGNED BY AN OFFICER OF THE COMPANY. Handwritten notes: Top: N8620 B, JCW 1135, 200 x 1000 Right side: STD, haR/sm, 140, 1/6 1/2, 1/9, 1/8, /50 Left side: BELT, 1/6 1/2 -TOOL .25 / £10, 1/8 .25 £10, 2/ | ||