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. regarding carburetter modifications for a 30 HP Engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\2\ scan0273 | |
| Date | 18th November 1937 | |
| G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} RADCLIFFE The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO LTD CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. HONEYPOT LANE STANMORE MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213. 18th November, 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Re: DC-42 Carburetter for 30 H.P. Engine. Dear Sirs, We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 16th inst., reference Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}10/MH{M. Huckerby}, for which we are much obliged. We have read your comments regarding the pump with interest, and we note that you wish a pump with a leather piston to be fitted to the 9 carburetters which have been ordered with the special levers. This matter is being gone into. We are quite ready to open out the main feed hole in the float chamber from .106" to .156", and we understand that you wish this modification also to be made on the 9 carburetters mentioned above. Regarding your request and order for .101" needle seatings, the Writer had discussions with Mr. Fisher yester- | ||