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 Metropolis Garages requesting a drawing and confirmation about flexible engine mountings for a P.3 engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\6\ Scan264 | |
| Date | 3rd July 1939 | |
| E.R. HALL CHAIRMAN W.C. SMITH P. JOHN SMITH L.F. DYER MANAGING DIRECTOR METROPOLIS GARAGES LIMITED Olympia's Official Garage OPEN DAY AND NIGHT 1200 CAR CAPACITY COVERED WAY TO EXHIBITION HALLS OLYMPIA · LONDON · W·14 ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO METROPOLIS GARAGES LTD. MACLISE ROAD, LONDON, W.14 TELEPHONE SHEPHERDS BUSH 5385-6-7 (3 LINES) TELEGRAMS METGARS, HAMMER, LONDON. Handwritten notes: Top center: 262. Top center, red ink: Poles Top right, red ink: Reply July 7th Left margin, purple stamp: 08229 Right side, purple ink: Swdkl YOUR REF Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}6/MH.{M. Huckerby} 3rd. July 1939. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd. Derby. Dear Sirs, With reference to your letter of the 29th. June for which we thank you, we have passed this information along to the makers of the gear box. In the meantime, could you please let me know by return whether the engine which you have sent (The P.3) is fitted with your flexible engine mountings and we would also ask you to let us have a drawing showing the exact location etc. of these fixings. The makers of the hull need this information before determining the precise layout for their frame members. Yours faithfully, [Signature] | ||