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 Wilmot-Breeden Ltd. discussing a drawing for a component featuring a central badge.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\3\ scan0187 | |
| Date | 18th March 1940 | |
| 1023 LONDON OFFICE & FITTING STATION SUNBEAM ROAD, CHASE ROAD LONDON, N.W.10 PHONE: WILLESDEN 7321 (5 LINES) GRAMS: WILBUMPERS, PHONE, LONDON WORKS No 4 TYSELEY PHONE: ACOCKS GREEN 1662 (7 LINES) & PRIVATE LINES WORKS No 3. CAMDEN WORKS, CAMDEN STREET BIRMINGHAM TELEGRAMS & CABLES 'BUMPERS' PHONE: CENTRAL 8641 (18 LINES) CODES: A.B.C. AND SCHOLFIELD'S WILMOT-BREEDEN LTD. MOTOR · ACCESSORY · ENGINEERS THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS WB{Mr Brazier/Mr Bell} REGD TRADE MARK OUR REF. RPT/ENM.165. YOUR REF. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/MH.{M. Huckerby} EASTERN WORKS CAMDEN STREET BIRMINGHAM 1 MANAGING DIRECTOR C. L. BREEDEN 18th March,1940. Messrs.Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. ATTENTION - MR W.A.ROBOTHAM. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your communication of the 11th inst. which, unfortunately, has not received attention owing to the absence of the writer. We are sending to you tomorrow a drawing embodying your suggestion, i.e. one central badge incorporating your well-known motif and showing the retention of the end of the spring to the end of the bar, as shown in our scheme No.2 on Drawing No.Pd/Exp.6178/A.{Mr Adams} If you feel it advisable we will immediately put in hand a sample embodying all the points referred to and should be glad to receive your comments by return. Yours faithfully, For WILMOT BREEDEN LIMITED. R.P.TURNER. LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF BUMPERS IN EUROPE | ||