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).
Copy of a quotation from Alford & Alder (Engineers) Ltd. for supplying hubs and hub caps.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\5\ scan0176 | |
| Date | 18th November 1937 | |
| COPY OF QUOTATION RECEIVED FROM ALFORD & ALDER (ENGINEERS) LTD., DEACON STREET, WALWORTH, LONDON S.E.17. 18th November 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited. DERBY. To supplying 1500 to 2000 sets (Ordered in lots of 200,sets) hubs and hub caps, each set comprising the following:- One pair front hubs GB.521/2. Dunlop £3. 16. 6. One pair rear hubs GB.519/20. £3. 16. 6. Two pairs hub caps. GB.1129/30. £2. 4. 0. ------- £9. 17. 0. To be made from your material R.R.2010 heat treated, with tolerances etc. modified as our drawings VP.3107, front hub VP.3108 Rear Hub, and VP.3109 Hub cap. The hub caps to be chromium plated to the specification laid down in your letter of the 7th October, 1937, reference Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/R.{Sir Henry Royce} with a finish similar to the sample sent today under separate cover. For the sum of.........................£7. 12. per set (Seven pounds twelve shillings per set) plus part cost Jigs, Tools, Dies etc, £470. 0. 0d. (four hundred and seventy pounds) Alternatively, if supplied from the following materials:- Front & rear hubs B.E.S.A. 5005/201 normalised. Hub caps. B.E.S.A. 5005/202 " For the sum of.........................£7. 7. 4.per set. (Seven pounds seven shillings and fourpence per set) plus part cost tools, Jigs, Dies, Etc. £470. 0. 0. (four hundred and seventy pounds) --- | ||