SPECIALISTS IN SPRINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1928, Page 9

SPECIALISTS IN SPRINGS.

R. V. COOKE ANL LON, LTD.

Specialists in spring manufacturing of every description, the firm of R. V. Cooke and Son, Limited, has a sterling reputation for reliability, built up over a period of years. Formerly occupying premises in Cook Street and Bronte Street, the firm has now been established for over a month in spacious new fireproof premises in Federal Street, where there is every facility for dealing with the increased business that the giowth of the motor industry demands..

Spring-making is particularly a trade in which the quality of the work done becomes very quickly apparent, and the faphthat Cooke's do the spring-making for practically every engineering firm in Auckland speaks volumes for the quality of their products.

The range of work undertaken embraces the widest limits—from heavy traction engine and lorry springs down to the most L_..2ate helical ribbon springs. Providing for the numerous requirements of the turing car is a large department in itself, notably of course the manufactur; of leaf springs for the. chassis, while the finer work includes the extensive manufacture of valve rings. The firm has unequalled resources for carrying out motor-smith work cf every description, such as straightening of chassis, disc wheels and axles. Tempering work is al§o a class of work for which the firm is well known.

The construction of luggage grids has been an increasingly im J rtan department of the firm's activity since the sedan type of car has become so popular. The service rei din this respect is invaluable, owing to the variety of requirements for individual makes and owners. Specially-made t ..rriers to meot any demand c. oe supplied at short notice, and the pric-s are such as are usually only as; ' ited with mass production. A variety of h>work is undertaken, notaLly the manufacture of press knives, such as are used in the lot trade, and printers' cutters.