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).
Translated letter from a French aluminium welding specialist regarding their repair services and guarantees.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0221 | |
| Date | 17th September 1936 | |
| translation A Paris En Province A l'étranger LES ATELIERS SPECIAUX DE SOUDURE D(ALUMINIUM) LASSAL Specialité réparation garantie et invisible des grands carters d'aluminium N. Ref. M.F. 1776 MAURICE MARTENET Docteur es-sciences Ingénieur-chimiste ATELIER DE PARIS 25bis, rue Garnier, Neuilly S/Seine Paris, Neuilly le 17.9.36 Franco Britannic Autos lTd. 25, rue Gide, Levallois-Perret Dear Sirs, In reply to your various questions, we have pleasure in confirming that our aluminium welding (Soudure d'aluminium) process is always carried out with the greatest care and by our "exclusive Lassal process", in conjunction with our special alloys "eutectiques" and of high resistance prepared by the under-signed, our metallurgical engineer, specialist in light alloys. All work which we undertake we guarantee as follows: Absence of any distortion Minimum solidity 15 Kg. per m/m 2 Absolute resistance to corrosion. We confirm that we are exclusive repairers to all the most important manufacturers in the locality and we would specially mention the following firms: Hispano-Suiza (Bois-Colombes) Latil (Suresnes) Panhard et Levassor Matford Salmson etc. etc.. We have already repaired and modified hundreds of crankcases for our various customers without ever having had a repaired part returned to us due to faulty work-manship on our part, or a single criticism, therefore, you can in all confidence entrust to us any work of a important nature that you may require carrying out. We remain, Yours faithfully M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Martenet. | ||