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. regarding a delay in the delivery of carburettors promised for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\2\ scan0043 | |
| Date | 25th October 1928 | |
| X3603 SOLEX LTD. Director GORDON RICHARDS. SOLEX WORKS - 223-231 MARYLEBONE ROAD LONDON N.W.1. Telegrams SOLEXCARB BAKER LONDON Telephones PADDINGTON 8621 8624 8622 8625 8623 8626 YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/LG24th. OUR REF. GR{George Ratcliffe}/CF. 25th. October, 1928. Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your favour of the 24th. inst. Our Research Department in Paris informed us that the carburettors for test would be ready tomorrow, the 26th. inst. and we wrote on Monday last reminding them of this promise. We anticipate receiving a definite reply tomorrow when we will at once write you. Meantime, assuring you that we are pressing our Research Department to despatch immediately, We are, Yours faithfully, FOR SOLEX LTD., Gordon Richards, Managing Director. per Hb{C. E. Harcombe} CUSTOMERS' CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT OWNERS' RISK. | ||