Letter to Elliott Bros. regarding the urgent repair of a speedometer from experimental car No.3.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\2\ 02-page31 | |
| Date | 6th November 1922 | |
| X613 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TAW1/LG. 6th. Nov. 1922. Messrs. Elliott Bros. 1 Central Buildings, Westminster. London, S.W.1. Dear Sirs, We are despatching to you today per separate post, speedometer which requires urgently repairing. Will you please refer to it as belonging to experimental car No.3., as unfortunately the identification number has got rubbed off. We trust you will be able to return this to us at once. We may mention for your information that on the above car the revolution of the rear wheel to the speedometer drive are as 11 to 14 and one revolution of the rear wheel is equivalent to 104". We should be glad if you could, therefore, send the speedometer back giving correct readings. Yours faithfully, | ||
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).