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 Delco-Remy & Hyatt Ltd concerning the supply of cylinder units and distributors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168\3\ img278 | |
| Date | 21th May 1940 | |
| File 6119 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}IX/ML. 21.5.40. Messrs Delco-Remy & Hyatt Ltd., IIIg Grosvenor Road, London, S.W.I. Dear Sirs, for the attention of Mr. B. Rushton. We thank you for your letter of the 16th. May. We are pleased to note that you can make us up three four-cylinder units under your part No: 647X. The end of the shaft should be left plain, as we will fit our own spring drive. We will instruct our Order Office to forward the necessary covering note. We note your remarks concerning the 6 and 8 cylinder type distributors and will accordingly fit separate vacuum units; we would, of course, like to include the octane adjuster. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS ROYCE LTD., | ||