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 Bristol Aeroplane Company regarding a transmission click on a Bentley and enquiries about fuel and oil consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\2\ scan0025 | |
| Date | 13th June 1934 | |
| x7961 LONDON OFFICE:- BUSH HOUSE, ALDWYCH, W.C.2. TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 7193. TELEGRAMS: "BRISTAIRCO, BUSH, LONDON" TELEGRAMS:- INLAND: "AVIATION PHONE, FILTON. FOREIGN: "AVIATION FILTON." CODES:- WESTERN UNION BENTLEY'S & A.B.C. "Bristol" Aeroplanes and Aero Engines. THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY LTD SIR G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} STANLEY WHITE, BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} (MANAGING DIRECTOR.) FILTON HOUSE, BRISTOL, ENG. TELEPHONES: OFFICES AND WORKS, 45051 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE. 13th June 1934. YOUR REF. ENGINES F/HCM-1. OUR REF. W.A.Robotham Esq, Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Mr Robotham, RE TRANSMISSION CLICK ON BENTLEY. Very many thanks for your letter of the 11th instant, reference:- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}17/KW, with two suggestions to obviate click, which I will have investigated. What do you consider is a reasonable fuel and oil consumption for my car on a long run, when driving quietly, say averaging 40 to 45 ? Yours sincerely, A.H.R.Fedden. | ||