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Letter from Rubery, Owen & Co. Ltd declining to quote for 1,000 Chassis Frames to Drawing FCD.139.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\2\ scan0082 | |
| Date | 19th November 1937 | |
| 200B SPECIALISTS IN COMPLETE FACTORY BUILDINGS ON LISTS OF AND CONTRACTORS TO THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY & CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES, INDIA OFFICE & PRINCIPAL BRITISH & FOREIGN RAILWAYS SIDINGS: L.M. & S.R. NEAREST PASSENGER STATION, DARLASTON, (L.M. & S.R) 3/4 MILE TELEPHONES: DARLASTON: 130 (Pte Bch{F. H. Birchmore - Chassis Delivery Manager} Ex) LONDON: HOLBORN 6306 & 7 BIRMINGHAM: CENTRAL 8134 & 5 COVENTRY: 60051-2 ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO COMPANY - NOT TO INDIVIDUALS STRUCTURAL STEELWORK, MOTOR VEHICLE CHASSIS FRAMES, PRESSINGS, ROAD WHEELS, PULLEYS, BRIGHT BOLTS & NUTS & BRIGHT DRAWN STEEL, AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, STEEL SHELVING & BINS, CLOTHES LOCKERS, FILING CABINETS AND TUBULAR FURNITURE. [Logo text: ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB SHOW AWARD 1899] [Logo text: NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN] [Logo text: ESTABLISHED 1884 (FOUNDER THE LATE A.E. OWEN)] [Logo text: REGISTERED RO{C. C. Rose - Export Manager} TRADE MARK] [Logo text: S.B.A.C SOCIETY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTORS] [Logo text: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD] RUBERY, OWEN & Cº., LTD (DIRECTORS: A.{Mr Adams} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} B. OWEN (CHAIRMAN & MANAGING) FLORENCE L. OWEN. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. B. OWEN G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} BUCKLEY C. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} PARTRIDGE) S-ROB-EAJ-S DARLASTON SOUTH STAFFS. ENGLAND TELEGRAMS & CABLEGRAMS: RUBEROWEN, DARLASTON RUBEROWEN, PHONE, LONDON RUBEROWEN, BIRMINGHAM RUBEROWEN, COVENTRY CODES: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION BENTLEYS, WESTERN UNION LONDON IMPERIAL BUILDINGS 56, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. BIRMINGHAM, 3 LOMBARD HOUSE GREAT CHARLES STREET COVENTRY: BRITANNIA WORKS, PAYNES LANE YOUR REFERENCE Buying Dept. 4271 OUR REFERENCE Motor Frame Department. Nov. 19th 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, In reference to your esteemed enquiry for 1,000 Chassis Frames to Drawing FCD.139: we much regret we have taken so long to deal with this matter, but we have been giving it very serious consideration from the point of view of our capacity to deal with it, and have reluctantly come to the conclusion that it would not be fair, either to you or to ourselves, to offer to take on this further business until we have made more progress with the "Wraith" Frame. In other words, we feel that we ought to be in the position of having satisfied you on the one Frame before we offer to undertake another type. Would you, therefore, under these circumstances kindly excuse us from quoting on this occasion. Thanking you for the opportunity you have afforded us, we remain, Yours faithfully, p.p. RUBERY, OWEN & CO. LTD., [Signature] Manager - Motor Frame Dept. | ||