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Letter from the Thermoid Company regarding a request for brake lining samples and blueprints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\4\ scan0045 | |
| Date | 23th August 1937 | |
| Thermoid COMPANY Trenton, New Jersey BRAKE LINING · FAN BELTS · CLUTCH FACINGS · RADIATOR HOSE · CARPET · INDUSTRIAL RUBBER PRODUCTS 1181 MARTINDALE File August 23, 1937 Rolls-Royce Ltd. Derby, England Att'n. Mr. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Dear Mr. Robotham: Thank you for your letter of August 4th, to-gether with six blueprints of brake linings which are having our immediate attention. We note your interest in our brake linings and we shall be glad to be of service to you in this connection. For your information it may interest you to know that we considered one of the largest and foremost American manufacturers of brake lining and we have for a number of years supplied the American car and truck manufacturers in this country with our products as original equipment. We make several different types of brake lining, but in view of the remarks outlined in the last paragraph of your letter we would suggest our hard molded type for your requirements. We note that you are particularly interested in a type of lining that is free from noise, such as squeaks etc. and the type recommended, i.e. our heavy duty molded lining, is especially recommended for this purpose. Immediately upon receipt of your letter we discussed this matter with our Engineering Department and they are starting the manufacture of the brake lining requested, consisting of twelve pieces of each size as shown on the six blueprints. This material will take about a week or ten days to make up and we will send it to you free of charge for test purposes. This material will be supplied undrilled, although in some cases your blueprints show holes drilled in the pieces. In the event that the material has to be supplied drilled with the required number of holes, it would necessitate our making up special drill jigs to do this. Therefore it is important that we know whether these pieces are to be supplied drilled or undrilled in the future. For the present, as we said above, we will supply the samples undrilled. NO AGREEMENT IS BINDING UNLESS CONFIRMED IN WRITING BY AN OFFICER FROM THE HOME OFFICE DETROIT · CHICAGO · SAN FRANCISCO · ATLANTA · LOS ANGELES · DALLAS · TORONTO, CANADA | ||