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 the design and construction of special sample front bumpers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\3\ scan0177 | |
| Date | 7th March 1940 | |
| 1023. LONDON OFFICE & FITTING STATION SUNBEAM ROAD, CHASE ROAD L O N D O N, 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.{Mr Adams} B. C. AND SCHOLFIELD'S WILMOT-BREEDEN LTD. MOTOR ACCESSORY ENGINEERS OUR REF. RPT/ENM.165. YOUR REF. EASTERN WORKS CAMDEN STREET BIRMINGHAM 1 MANAGING DIRECTOR C. L. BREEDEN 7th March, 1940. Messrs.Rolls Royce Limited, Derby. ATTENTION - W.A.ROBOTHAM, ESQ. SPECIAL SAMPLE FRONT BUMPERS F.L.70. Dear Sirs, Mr Breeden showed the writer your letter received yesterday giving your comments on the above samples. We note your remarks and would point out to you that in our letter of the 19th of December, 1939 it was stated that we do not favour the attachment of Bosses to the inside of the Bar as a means of securing the Bar to the Spring as there is a tendency to spoil the surface of the Bar at the points where the Bosses are secured thereto. The matter is being investigated to see if any other method of construction is possible, with a view to obviating the protruding Beetle Bolts and we will, if possible, let you have schemes illustrating this feature by Saturday next, the 9th instant. Yours faithfully, For WILMOT-BREEDEN LIMITED. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Turner LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF BUMPERS IN EUROPE | ||