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 Studebaker Distributors Ltd. regarding the inability to supply a crank shaft damper from stock.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\3\ scan0043 | |
| Date | 19th May 1939 | |
| [Illegible shorthand] 110K CUSTOMERS CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AT OWNERS RISK. REGISTERED OFFICES: 385, EUSTON ROAD, N.W.I. CABLES: BENTLEYS. TELEGRAMS: STUDEBAKER, NORWEST, LONDON. STUDEBAKER DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED Works and Service Station: HAWLEY CRESCENT HIGH ST CAMDEN TOWN N·W·I TELEPHONE: GULLIVER 4141 Truck Department: GREAT WEST ROAD · BRENTFORD · MIDDLESEX 19th May, 1939. IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. SWG/NP. Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. EXPERIMENTAL DEPT. YOUR REF. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/SWDL.{Len H. Swindell} 1/MH.{M. Huckerby} Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 18th instant and in reply, regret to advise you that we cannot supply a crank shaft damper to your description in our stock. We are therefore wondering whether it is possible for you to notify us of the part number of the damper which was previously supplied from U.S.A., when no doubt we could obtain this part for you. Awaiting your further instructions, which will receive our immediate attention. Yours faithfully, for STUDEBAKER DISTRIBUTORS LTD. S. W. Goodyear. SPARE PARTS DEPARTMENT. [Illegible shorthand notes] | ||