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 Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd. regarding carburetter modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0034 | |
| Date | 7th June 1938 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD HONEYPOT LANE, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR. PHONE. LONDON. CODE A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213. 7th June 1938 Your ref: RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}11/JH Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., (Experimental Department) DERBY. Attention: Mr. Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, DC-42 CARBURETTERS. We have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 3rd inst., and wish to confirm that the modifications in respect of the by-pass jet and of the fuel level have already been put into effect. We also note that you wish us to lock the throttle screw of the EEC-42 carburetter by putting a blob of solder thround the head of the screw. Regarding the two DC-42 carburetters with modified choke mechanism and with modified choke, we shall be glad to have your report on these in due course. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. AEP/KD A H Palmer | ||