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 Wilmot-Breeden Ltd. regarding the dispatch of an R.3 type door lock for exchange and testing on an experimental car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\3\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 26th July 1938 | |
| ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO HEAD OFFICES, CAMDEN ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong}, PHONE: CENT. 8592 (12 LINES) LONDON OFFICE & FITTING STATION SUNBEAM ROAD, CHASE ROAD, NORTH ACTON, N. W. 10 PHONE: WILLESDEN 7321 (5 LINES) GRAMS: WILBUMPERS, PHONE, LONDON SERVICE AND SPARES: POWELL STREET. WORKS No. 3: CAMDEN WORKS, CAMDEN STREET. WORKS No. 4: TYSELEY - PHONE: ACOCKS GREEN 1662 (7 LINES) AND PRIVATE LINES BIRMINGHAM TELEGRAMS & CABLES: 'BUMPERS' PHONE: CENTRAL 8592 (12 LINES) A.{Mr Adams} B. C. CODE 5TH EDITION SCHOFIELD'S CODE WILMOT-BREEDEN LTD. MOTOR ACCESSORY ENGINEERS OUR REF. AES/NE. YOUR REF. ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Les/3/B. EASTERN WORKS CAMDEN STREET BIRMINGHAM 1 MANAGING DIRECTOR C. L. BREEDEN Messrs.Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. 26th.July, 1938. For the attention of Mr.W.A.Robotham. Dear Sirs, DOOR LOCKS. We are sending per passenger train to-day, one R.3 type door lock for exchange with the R.2 type examined by the writer on your experimental car. This lock has actually been fitted to a car and given a short test, with a satisfactory report, which we trust you will eventually be able to endorse. Should any slight difficulty occur in fitting to your particular experimental car, will you kindly communicate with the writer. Yours faithfully, for WILMOT-BREEDEN LTD. [Signature] Research Department. LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF BUMPERS IN EUROPE Handwritten Notes: Top left: FD{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Right of address block: 1001 Above 'passenger train': Post Bottom right: Filer FD{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Stamped over 'YOUR REF': ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie}/3/B. 12.7.38 | ||