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 Frank Smith & Co. regarding the supply, specification, and pricing of filter pads.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\3\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 31th December 1931 | |
| 84037. FRANK SMITH & CO. (ELLAND) LTD. MOTOR ENGINEERS HUDDERSFIELD RD. ELLAND [Logo Text: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD] TELEGRAMS & CABLES: SMITH, ENGINEER, ELLAND [Logo Text: MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF MANUFACTURERS INCORPORATED] YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}3/MA. [Logo Text: THE MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION REPAIRERS] TELEPHONE No.: 182 ELLAND [Logo Text: MEMBER OF INSTITUTE OF PATENTEES INCD] OUR REF. AS/NN. MANUFACTURERS OF THE SMITH SHOCK ABSORBER STEERING DAMPER, AIR FILTER WITH SILENCER (PATENTED) [STAMP: RECEIVED JAN 1932 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}] Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. 31st Dec 1931. Dear Sirs, With further reference to your letter of the 28th inst, we have pleasure in forwarding under separate cover 8 filter pads to your dimensions. It will be noted that these filter pads have not been soaked in castor oil as we are not certain of the use you are going to put them to, but suggest that you will soak them in oil before using them, We propose to make a charge of 1/3 each for these filter pads in this instance, but should you require quantities in the future we shall be pleased to give you a firm price in accordance with your requirements. Yours faithfully, p.p. FRANK SMITH & Co. (Elland) Ltd. [Signature: ASmith] [Handwritten Note Left Margin: Advise Mr Lindsey] P.S. The filter pads can be made with more or less wire according to your requirements. LID{A. J. Lidsey} | ||