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 CAM GEARS LTD. concerning the cost and invoicing of a special Bishop Steering Gear sample.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\2\ Scan199 | |
| Date | 15th June 1933 | |
| MANUFACTURERS OF THE BISHOP PATENT STEERING GEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH GEORGE KENT LTD REG. OFFICE, 199, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.1. CAM GEARS LTD. DIRECTORS: COMM r P.W.KENT, R.N. RETd H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} LEESE, R.{Sir Henry Royce} PENTONY, M.I.A.E. BISCOT ROAD WORKS, LUTON, BEDS. TELEPHONE:- LUTON 790. TELEGRAMS:- KAMGEARS, LUTON. YOUR REF. OUR REF. RP/CGS. 15th June, 1933. Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, Re BISHOP STEERING GEAR. We had the pleasure of constructing a special steering gear in response to the request contained in your letter of 21st November of last year, and this gear was despatched to you in March last. You will readily understand that the cost of manufacture of a special gear of this type bears no relation whatever to the price at which we could supply gears to you on a quantity basis, and the sample gear in question has cost us just over £20 to produce. We do not propose to ask you to pay the whole of this amount, but we suggest that we invoice up this one sample at £10, and shall be glad to hear if this is agreeable to you, in which case we will send you our invoice for it. Yours faithfully, For CAM GEARS LIMITED, R.{Sir Henry Royce} Pentony Director. Handwritten notes: Initials: HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Top right: x e o g e P. | ||