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 Ford Motor Company concerning a foundry visit for crankshaft casting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\3\ scan0086 | |
| Date | 30th August 1937 | |
| Ford Motor Company, Ltd. 1060 DAGENHAM, ESSEX. TELEPHONE, RAINHAM ▇▇▇▇ 3000. W A Robotham Esq., Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd. Derby 30 Aug 1937 A-1. Dear Mr Robotham: In reply to your letter of the 26th instant, the casting of crankshafts here is undergoing a complete revision of plant and layout and is, consequently, being carried on under most unfavourable conditions. We shall, however, be quite pleased to show your representatives round the foundry when some of the new plant will be working. Yours very truly, FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED A H Smith General Manager FWH:S | ||