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 Zenith Carburetter Co. regarding a suggested modification to the Phantom III EEC-42 carburetter plugs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\2\ scan0291 | |
| Date | 1st December 1937 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO LTD CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. HONEYPOT LANE, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX. ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION. ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213. 1st December, 1937. Your ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}14/JH Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr. Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, PHANTOM III EEC-42 CARBURETTER. We are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 29th ult., and we beg to reply as follows. - We agree that some improvement might be made by replacing the plugs referred to by means of headed screws with an aluminium washer fitted under the head, but it has not been our experience so far to find that there is a leakage at the points indicated. Furthermore, the arrangement is standard American practice on this particular carburetter. However, we see no reason why the modification should not be made and we suggest that it might conveniently be brought into operation on the next sanction for carburetters. We trust that this arrangement will be agreeable to you. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. AEP/KD A.F. Palmer | ||