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 Solex Ltd. discussing the availability of different governor carburettor models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\2\ scan0172 | |
| Date | 1st March 1935 | |
| SOLEX LTD. Director GORDON RICHARDS. SOLEX WORKS - 223-231 MARYLEBONE ROAD LONDON N.W.1. Telegrams SOLEXCARB EDGE LONDON Telephones PADDINGTON 8621 8624 8622 8625 8623 8626 YOUR REF Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smith. 17/KW. OUR REF HCM/CM. 1st. March, 1935. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr.F.Ll.Smith. We thank you for yours of the 28th. ultimo, regarding Governor carburettors. We could supply you with a 46 m/m vertical Governor carburettor if this would be suitable for your present tests. The position regarding the 46 m/m downdraught Governor carburettor is that we shall not have any of these models for a few weeks. The governor carburettor is a unit in itself and cannot be supplied excepting as a complete unit. We shall be glad to hear from you further on this subject, and assuring you of our close co-operation, Yours faithfully, For SOLEX LTD. H.C.Mills. CUSTOMER'S CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT OWNERS' RISK. | ||