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 Automotive Products Company regarding a delay, the supply of wheel cylinder castings, and an experimental car's brake system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0332 | |
| Date | 27th December 1940 | |
| AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS COMPANY LTD. Handwritten notes: E/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions} please note & return to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1 European Distributors & Spares Depots for:- HERCULES ENGINES TIMKEN AXLES 'LOCKHEED' HYDRAULIC BRAKES FULLER TRANSMISSIONS BORG & BECK CLUTCHES 'PUROLATOR' THE OIL FILTER THOMPSON TIE RODS G & K 'AUTODUCT' LINK-V-BELTING DIRECTORS: E B BOUGHTON W EMMOTT D T BROCK Tachbrook Road Leamington Spa TELEPHONE: LEAMINGTON SPA 1400 TELEGRAMS: AUTODUCTS PHONE LEAMINGTON SPA REG OFFICE: BROCK HOUSE LANGHAM ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} LONDON W.1 SCANDINAVIA: SVEAVAGEN 77. STOCKHOLM. SWEDEN Handwritten notes: 1015 file A/cs (Salisbury is one) FGP/MF.14. 27th December, 1940. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Limited., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We must apologise for the delay in replying to your letter of the 17th instant. We thank you for the further supply of Wheel Cylinder Castings, which are now to hand, and hope that these will be better. We note that you are carrying on with the Experimental Car to your Drawings - we are quite agreeable to this. We also think it will be possible for us to make an allowance for the thickness of your Water Excluder Plate on the 9" Brake. Yours faithfully, AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS COMPANY LTD., F.G. Parnell. Left margin text: Quotations and Contracts are subject to revision of Duty, Transportation Costs, and to acceptance by the Factory, also to unforeseen events arising from strikes, lockouts, transportation, war &c. and force majeure. Bottom sticker: PROMPT ATTENTION IS ASSURED IF THE RIGHT HAND PORTION OF THIS SLIP IS ATTACHED TO YOUR REPLY. Patent and Research Dept. 14 | ||