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 Delaunay Belleville Motors regarding their patented Spring Hanger Shackle for eliminating wheel wobble.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\6\ Scan094 | |
| Date | 18th December 1929 | |
| FIRE-WHILE EVERY PRECAUTION IS TAKEN AGAINST FIRE, WE DO NOT HOLD OURSELVES RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CAR OR PART THEREOF ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE, UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO INSURE SAME. CUSTOMERS' CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT CUSTOMERS' OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. SHOWROOMS AND SERVICE DEPÔT. DIRECTOR, E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} CARROLL. DELAUNAY BELLEVILLE MOTORS LTD. TELEPHONES: MAIDA VALE 4866 (2 Lines). CARLTON VALE, TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: DELAUNAY, KILB, LONDON. MAIDA VALE, N.W.6. 18th December 1929 [Handwritten:] +728 The Managing Director, Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY Dear Sir, [Handwritten:] Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Underlined typed heading:] WHEEL / WOBBLE During the course of the recent Olympic Show, we had the pleasure of a visit to our Stand from two of your representatives who were interested in the DELAUNAY BELLEVILLE Patent Spring Hanger Shackle for the elimination of "Wheel Wobble". We understood from them that you were experimenting with a fitting embodying the principle of the DELAUNAY BELLEVILLE Spring Hanger Shackle, and we should be pleased to learn whether these experiments have been completed, and with what success. We are at your service to give you full information regarding this patent so that you may investigate fully the advantages of this fitting. Yours faithfully, DELAUNAY BELLEVILLE MOTORS Ltd., [Signature] Director EHC-JB [Handwritten notes:] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Is this for your Dept please, if not please return to W. of M.T. 2/2 29. [Stamp 1: Green, faint] RECEIVED 19 DEC 1929 [Stamp 2: Purple, circular] RECEIVED Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 20 DEC 1929 | ||