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Letter from Ferodo Limited concerning the delivery and specifications of two types of clutch plates.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\4\ Scan413 | |
| Date | 18th October 1929 | |
| FERODO LIMITED. X809 - X719 WIRES: 'FRICTION, PHONE, CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH'. TELEPHONES: 19, 20 & 21 CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH. (3 LINES) Depots. LONDON 222, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, W.1. BIRMINGHAM 202, CORPORATION STREET. MANCHESTER 32, CATHEDRAL STREET. LIVERPOOL 1-3, BERRY STREET. GLASGOW 65, BOTHWELL STREET. BRISTOL 19, PARK STREET. BELFAST 158, NORTH STREET. LEEDS 25, HUNSLET ROAD. BRIGHTON 84, QUEEN'S ROAD. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE WORSWICK ST, PILGRIM ST MESSRS HASLAM & STRETTON LTD CARDIFF, 11 WINDSOR PLACE. NORTH MIDLAND COLLIERIES, CHESTERFIELD, DUNSTON HALL. MESSRS F.W. HARRIS & CO STOKE ON TRENT MOORLAND ROAD, BURSLEM. MR SIDNEY HILL, COVENTRY, 1, QUEEN'S ROAD. NORTHERN MILL & MINE FURNISHING CO, CARLISLE, ANNETWELL STREET. Foreign Factories. FERODO AND ASBESTOS INC. U.S.A. NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY. LA{L. A. Archer} SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME FRANÇAISE DU FERODO, 2, RUE DE CHATEAUDUN, PARIS. DIE DEUTSCHE FERODO GESELLSCHAFT, BERLIN, MARIENDORF. (OPKEN & CO) GROSSBEEREN STRASSE, 126. [LOGO: FERODO BRAKE & CLUTCH LININGS] CODES:- 5TH EDITION A.B.C. LIEBER'S. MARCONI INTERNATIONAL. WESTERN UNION FIVE LETTER EDS. Regd. Office & Works SOVEREIGN MILLS, CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, VIA STOCKPORT, ENGLAND. All Communications to be addressed to the Company and not to Individuals. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR REPLY. DEPT. REF. FJF/LED. YOUR REF. _______ 18th October, 1929. Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, DERBY. - For the attention of Mr. Rowbotham - Dear Sirs, We confirm our conversation yesterday with Mr. Rowbotham, and have pleasure in informing you that your two steel clutch plates with linings moulded on will be sent from here this afternoon; they should reach you by first post on Monday next for certain. We have used two types of material - one with and the other without brass wire. It will be easy to identify them, but to make the matter quite clear the lining with wire is marked VDK.21 and the non-metallic lining VDK.3. As we advised some time back, the lined plates are slightly lighter in weight than the original steel plate, the difference being about 93 grammes. Should you find it necessary to slit through the lining and plate, you will find we have marked each plate with radial lines in eight places. If cuts are made through these lines it will be better than slitting through at any other part. We regret the delay in getting the plates ready, but as the writer explained, we had to get a special moulding die made, and that is the only reason why the job was not completed very much sooner. We shall be much obliged if you will let us know as soon as you can, how the arrangement works out after you have tested the plates. Yours faithfully, FERODO LIMITED, [Signature] Chief Engineer. | ||