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 Messrs. Attwater & Sons requesting a sample of a gear with forged teeth supplied to Fords.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0285 | |
Date | 4th February 1938 | |
Messrs. Attwater & Sons. -2- 4th. February 1938. the gear you supply to Fords with forged teeth on the steel centre. Could you please send us one. We still have your drawings of the Ford gears but would like to retain these for the time being if this is not inconvenient to you. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||