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 regarding an enquiry about Celoron non-metallic timing gears for a Phantom lll chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0267 | |
| Date | 4th January 1938 | |
| 1155 MacEchern & Company Limited GOVERNING DIRECTOR: F.N. MACECHERN. DIRECTORS: D.M. MACECHERN, F.{Mr Friese} TOOLE, W.A. GEORGE. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR Diamond Fibre Company Limited 48, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, S.E.I. TELEPHONE: WATERLOO, 4474-5. TELEGRAMS: CELORON, BOROH, LONDON. WAG/EW. 4th January, 1938. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR. F.{Mr Friese} J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} HARDY. FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} CELORON MOULDED GEAR BLANKS. You wrote to our American associated Company, in June of last year, asking their assistance, in connection with timing Gears for your Phantom lll, 12 cylinder chassis, due to the fact that you had experienced trouble with Fabroid A, giving excessive wear. It is the opinion of our Technical and Reseach Department in the States, that a Celoron timing Gear would show only a very little wear after operating 20,000 miles. May we ask, what was the final decision on your part regarding the non-metallic timing Gears, and whether or not, the writer can be of any further assistance to you? Thanking you for this information in due course. We are, Yours faithfully, MACECHERN & CO. LTD. DIRECTOR. VULCANISED FIBRE MILLS, MAIDSTONE. KENT. | ||