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 clutch manufacturer Borg & Beck regarding the arrival and fitting of Thermoid clutch facings for a Bentley clutch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 129\1\ scan0156 | |
| Date | 3rd June 1937 | |
| Telegrams BORGANBECK, LEAMINGTON SPA. file 1110 Telephone LEAMINGTON SPA 1550-1. BORG & BECK COMPANY LTD MANUFACTURERS OF CLUTCHES. Registered Office BROCK HOUSE, LANGHAM STREET, LONDON, W. 1. WORKS: Tachbrook Road. LEAMINGTON SPA, Warwickshire. Directors E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} B. BOUGHTON. W. EMMOTT. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} T. BROCK. Your Ref. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}4/AP. Our Ref. TS/HTB/LP.{Mr Lappin} 3rd June 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. N.R.Chandler For the attention of Mr. N.R.Chandler, Experimental Dept. Dear Sirs, Re 10.A6 Bentley Clutch. We thank you for your letter of the 2nd instant and are pleased to advise that the four 10" Thermoid clutch facings ex America are now safely to hand. We are arranging for these facings to be fitted to two 10" driven plate assemblies and same will be forwarded, addressed for the attention of Mr. Chandler, as soon as ever possible. Yours faithfully, BORG & BECK COMPANY LIMITED. H.T.Barker H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} T. Barker. | ||