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 to Silentbloc Ltd. concerning the supply of floatex units and a delay in testing new bushes due to a chassis frame failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\2\ scan0072 | |
| Date | 21th February 1938 | |
| 1305 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.9/JH. 21st. February, 1938. Messrs. Silentbloc Ltd., Victoria Gardens, Ladbroke Road, Notting Hill Gate, LONDON.W.11. For the attention of Mr. Jelly. Dear Sirs, Thank you for your letter of the 14th inst. We are pleased that you have been able to offer the floatex units in these smaller quantities for 1/8d. each and are grateful to you. I expect you will in result very soon be receiving an order from us. We have already fitted the new bushes to our test chassis, but owing to a frame failure will not be able to get any running for at least a week, which is very disappointing. We have been in touch with the Inland Manufacturing Division in America and understand that they have been developing some new bushes for extreme thrust loads. We soon hope to be in possession of a sample, we shall be pleased to let you have comparative information. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||