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 to a supplier requesting prints, dimensions, and costs for door locks, window regulators, and a spare wheel lid link.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\3\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 10th September 1940 | |
| Fv 1021 EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG.2/ET. 10th September 1940. Messrs. Wilmot Breeden Ltd., Eastern Works, Camden Street, BIRMINGHAM 1. Attention of Mr. Spicer. Dear Sirs, We thank you for the sample fittings and blueprints. Regarding the new door lock, we should be glad to have a print of this giving dimensions. The sample you have supplied to us is now fitted to one of our cars, so that it is not available for us to take the particulars we require. We should also like to know the approximate cost of these locks in quantities of say 3000 sets. Will you also please send us your catalogue giving dimensions of single armed window regulators and a print of the spare wheel lid{A. J. Lidsey} link which we understand you are making. Thanking you, we remain, Yours faithfully, ROLLS-ROYCE Ltd. | ||