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 confirming the dispatch of shock absorbers and brackets for a Phantom model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\2\ Scan107 | |
| Date | 8th September 1925 | |
| X1152 CODES USED: BENTLEYS. The only known method of Automatically adapting Motor Car Springs to the varying conditions of road surfaces Add 25% to the life of Tyres by always keeping the Wheels on the road FITTING DEPOT, 69, DRAYTON GARDENS, S. W. 10. PHONE: KENSINGTON 3801. TELEPHONE: MAYFAIR 6267. TELEGRAMS: HOUDAILLE, PHONE, LONDON. INTERIOR VIEW OF HOUDAILLE PATENT HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBER. NOTE THE AUTOMATIC RECUPERATION. (SAY 'HOO-DYE') The HOUDAILLE HYDRAULIC SUSPENSION Co LTD. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS OF HOUDAILLE HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBERS. BRITISH BERK-SHIRE ELECTRIC WINDSCREEN WIPERS. Offices and Show Rooms 41, New Bond Street, LONDON, W.1. EWJ/MAC.{Mr Macintosh} 8th September, 1925. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, DERBY. PLEASE REPLY TO REPAIR WORKS, 69, DRAYTON GARDENS, LONDON, S.W. 10. Dear Sirs, We beg to advise you that we have despatched by Passenger Train the pair of Shock Absorbers and the special Brackets for fitting to the front of a Phantom model Rolls Royce. Yours faithfully, THE HOUDAILLE HYDRAULIC SUSPENSION CO., LTD. WORKS DEPT. | ||