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 Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd. discussing the cost and manufacturing of a dual A.A type carburetter for a new 12-cylinder engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 23th May 1938 | |
| 1033 The ZENITH CARBURETTER·CO·LTD HONEYPOT LANE, STANMORE MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE A.B.C. 5TH EDITION ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213 23rd May 1938. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY (for the attention of W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq) Dear Sirs, We understand from Mr. Fisher that you would like to use the dual A.A type Carburetter on your new 12 cylinder Engine, but that the question of price is of much importance. We shall be very happy to go into the question of manufacturing the carburetter in this Country, but we are afraid beforehand that it is going to be very expensive as the tooling up for the small quantities involved is bound to heavily load the job. However, we are most anxious to do all that is necessary to give you satisfaction and we therefore would like to know if you would have any objection to certain of the parts coming from America. This would greatly reduce the cost and facilitate production. If you would agree to this, then we could ..... | ||