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 carburettor manufacturer Solex Ltd. confirming comparative bench tests against a factory model on a 20 HP engine and proposing a road test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\2\ scan0024 | |
| Date | 14th June 1928 | |
| X3603 SOLEX LTD. Director GORDON RICHARDS. SOLEX WORKS - 223-231 MARYLEBONE ROAD LONDON N.W.1. Telegrams SOLEXCARB BAKER LONDON Telephones PADDINGTON 8621 8624 8622 8625 8623 8626 YOUR REF. OUR REF. IM/GR{George Ratcliffe} 14th June 1928. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For attention of Mr. Hives. We beg to confirm the writer's visit to your works on the 11th and 12th inst. and note with interest the comparative load curve bench test readings between the standard 35 M.O.H. type Solex and your own carburettor on the 20 HP engine. We attach copy of same and trust you will agree that the margin of improvement which we have shown is sufficient to make further prospects attractive. We further understand that it is proposed to favour us with a road test next week for which opportunity we thank you very much and if you will indicate a suitable date for this, the writer will attend at your works for this purpose and bring with him such parts as are evidently required as per CUSTOMERS' CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT OWNERS' RISK. | ||