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 the Managing Director of Wellworthy Piston Rings Ltd. regarding a replaced axle shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\5\ scan0103 | |
| Date | 15th April 1940 | |
| 261 WORKS TELEPHONE LYMINGTON 520 WORKS TELEGRAMS "WELLWORTHY" PRIVATE TELEPHONE LYMINGTON 232 MANAGING DIRECTOR'S OFFICE WELLWORTHY PISTON RINGS LTD., LYMINGTON HANTS 15th April 1940. W.A.Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. My dear Robotham, Thank you for your letter of the 11th instant. I hope you are not peeved about my remarks on not being treated as a private customer. Your letter looked a little like it. However, the important thing is that I have taken the other axle shaft out and replaced it, so now I feel quite confident. As to the question of whether I have to pay or not, it is quite secondary and I do not want you to think that I am trying to make capital out of our friendship. Yours sincerely, John Howlett 'For when did friendship take the breed, For barren metal of his friend.' | ||