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 Ford Motor Company declining to provide an opinion on electrically operated petrol pumps.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\3\ scan0083 | |
| Date | 14th April 1937 | |
| Ford Motor Company, Ltd. DAGENHAM Essex. TELEPHONE: RAINHAM 3000. TELEGRAMS: FORDMOTOR, TELEX, DAGENHAM. CABLES: FORDMOTOR, DAGENHAM. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE DEPARTMENT No A-5 1065' 14 Apr 1937 S H Grylls Esq Rolls Royce Ltd DERBY PERSONAL JBy) Oh! GR{George Ratcliffe}7 Dear Mr Grylls: Further to your letter of the 2nd instant and my acknowledgment of the 5th, as promised in the concluding paragraph of my acknowledgment, our Engineering Department have been studying the request you made for information regarding electrically operated petrol pumps but I am afraid that from the information we have available we would rather not be pressed to express an opinion either one way or the other at the present time. Regretting we are unable to help you in this instance, Yours very truly FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED M W Bovaird Secretary to General Manager FWH MB [LOGO: NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN] Ford Cars & Fordson Trucks - Proved by the past - Improved for the future ALL STATEMENTS OR AGREEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS LETTER ARE CONTINGENT ON STRIKES, ACCIDENTS, FIRES OR ANY OTHER CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL AND ALL CONTRACTS ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE SIGNATURE OF A DULY AUTHORIZED EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THIS COMPANY. CLERICAL ERRORS SUBJECT TO CORRECTION. | ||