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Telegram from Basil Johnson to Hives regarding a car's performance and suggested modifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 72\3\  scan0068
Date  12th August 1924
  
HIVES ROYCAR DERBY = = I FIND OPEN CAR NOW AS PREVIOUSLY NOT AS GOOD AS 107 V G BUT PASSABLE MOST DESIRABLE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DISCOVER ACTUAL CAUSE OF EXTRA DISCOMFORT A HARSHNESS THEREFORE WE SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND TRY 107 W G WITH FRONT BRAKES SPRINGS AXLE C J WAKING FINAL TEST OF LANDAULET KINGSDOWN STOP CAR RETURNS LONDON TOMORROW = BASIL JOHNSON +
  
  
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).


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