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 S. Smith & Sons regarding samples of harder jointing material for petrol gauge washers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\4\ scan0056 | |
| Date | 22th October 1936 | |
| 105 1263 CONTRACTORS TO ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY ENGINEERING AND ALLIED EMPLOYERS' NATIONAL FEDERATION 1918 BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 3333 (20 LINES) TELEGRAMS: SPEEDOFAC, PHONE, LONDON. CABLES: SPEEDOFAC, LONDON. CODES: MARCONI, COMMERCIAL, BENTLEY'S. BRANCHES AT PARIS MILAN SYDNEY WELLINGTON; AGENCIES AND SERVICE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES S. Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd SMITH'S MP REGISTERED TRADE MARK SHOWROOMS & DEPOTS 179-185 Gt PORTLAND St LONDON, W.1. 26-33, COX St LIVERY St BIRMINGHAM 14a JACKSONS ROW DEANSGATE MANCHESTER 21, DRURY STREET GLASGOW DUBLIN & BELFAST CRICKLEWOOD WORKS LONDON, N.W.2 Please quote our reference: E.2.VJSR. Yours Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}19/JH. 22nd October 1936. Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. (Experimental Dept.) Dear Sirs, re: Petrol Gauge Washers. In reply to your letter of yesterdays date, we are taking immediate steps to obtain a harder jointing material and will let you have samples of washers in the course of a few posts. As a matter of fact, the writer has already, at the Motor Show, been in touch with Messrs James Walker & Co., regarding Gaskoid jointing and we have asked them to let us have samples of their recommended material, as quickly as possible. Yours faithfully, for S. SMITH & SONS (MOTOR ACCESSORIES) LIMITED. Y.S.Russell ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. To avoid delay all envelopes should be addressed to the firm. | ||