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 a supplier regarding manufacturing difficulties and an alternative bonding method for car heater couplings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\3\ scan0018 | |
| Date | 17th January 1939 | |
| 1/58 ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY NOT TO INDIVIDUALS TELEGRAMS RUBBER LEYLAND TELEPHONE No 81434 CODES USED: WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER EDITION & BENTLEYS THE LEYLAND & BIRMINGHAM RUBBER Co. LTD. INDIA RUBBER & ASBESTOS MANUFACTURERS AND WATERPROOFERS BRANCHES: LONDON · 31/33 WILSON STREET · FINSBURY · E.C.2 BIRMINGHAM · 261 CORPORATION STREET CARDIFF · HARROWBY STREET · “DOCKS.” GLASGOW · JAMES T. GOUDIE & CO · 52, ST ENOCH SQUARE. DUBLIN · 83 MIDDLE ABBEY STREET JOHANNESBURG · BARSDORF’S BUILDINGS CALCUTTA · 12 MISSION ROW BUENOS AIRES · CALLE SOLIS, 439. WORKS LEYLAND NEAR PRESTON MARYHILL · GLASGOW MITCHAM · SURREY MEATH WORKS · DUBLIN REGISTERED OFFICE: LEYLAND, NEAR PRESTON · ENGLAND TRADE MARK L B R Co REFERENCE: RG{Mr Rowledge}/JC Motor Sales. 17th January 1939 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Ref. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD.14/MH{M. Huckerby} Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your letter of the 16th instant, in reference to the 2 car heater couplings which were supplied against order 79860 and we are sorry to note that the bonding of the rubber to the metal parts is not at all suitable for your requirements. You will appreciate that these parts had to be made by hand, but we are trying out an alternative method of bonding the rubber and we shall endeavour to despatch them to you within the course of a day or so. Please rest assured that this will meet your very careful consideration. Yours faithfully, FOR THE COMPANY All Contracts and Orders are booked, and Quotations given, subject to our right to withdraw or cancel same (without liability on our part), by reason of the interruption of due delivery, short supplies, or abnormally affected prices of Raw Material, arising from Strikes, Fire, or through causes beyond our control. NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN | ||