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).
Concerning the delivery of incorrect carburettor models from The Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0234 | |
| Date | 2nd October 1940 | |
| 1033 To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/AES. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}4/ET.2.10.40. THE ZENITH CARBURETTER Co. Ltd. It would not be policy to send a covering to the above for the six carburetters mentioned in their letter TK/OA dated 27th September. There is no such model instrument as AAV26-1938 Cadillac quoted on their delivery note 41949. Also the models they have sent are AAV26 - 1940 Cadillac. What we actually ordered was AAV25 - 1938 Cadillac. Their loose reference to these carburetters is probably the cause of their getting the wrong models from America in the first place. Attached is a copy of our letter to Zenith on this subject, and we will keep in touch with you. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} | ||