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 Vandervell Products Ltd. regarding the dispatch of 3-layer Big End Bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\2\ scan0495 | |
| Date | 25th July 1939 | |
| VANDERVELL PRODUCTS Ltd. TELEGRAMS & CABLES: STEELBAK, LONDON. DIRECTORS: C. A.{Mr Adams} VANDERVELL. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} P. FOSTER. TELEPHONE ACORN 2251/2. MANUFACTURERS OF PRESSED BUSHINGS, STEEL BACKED BABBITT & LEAD BRONZE BEARINGS. Patented WESTERN AVENUE, PARK ROYAL, W. 3. STEEL BACK BABBITT LINED BEARINGS HARD ROLLED BRONZE BUSHINGS Handwritten: Ridee 1020. FL/LT. 25th July, 1939. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, DERBY. Handwritten: Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Dear Sirs, Your Reference:- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}10/MH.{M. Huckerby} We thank you for your letter of the 24th instant, referring to the 3-layer Big End Bearings, and would advise that these are well in hand and we hope to be in a position to despatch tomorrow. We trust this will be in time for your requirements, and assure you of our best attention at all times. Yours faithfully, VANDERVELL PRODUCTS LIMITED. Handwritten initial: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Handwritten: Bearings received and handed to F.{Mr Friese} Norman. Stamp: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD | ||