Typed letter from France reporting on car performance, specifically clutch and crankshaft damping issues, and upcoming track testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\4\ scan0018 | |
| Date | 6th April 1935 | |
| x 500 a HOTEL DE FRANCE CHATEAUROUX(French test region). Indre. France. 6th April 1935 To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From G.W.H. We arrived here this evening having called in Paris on our way. We have not had any serious trouble with the Car, with the exception that we had to let the clutch pedal down as with full torque it was hard on the board. The front of the Car is hopeless without maximum damping. The crankshaft period starting at 3.500 keeps on to 4.500, above this speed it becomes much smoother and runs very well. We have been on the Montheléry Track and will let you have the figures tomorrow. Will you please enquire from the Wakefields about the oil. It should have arrived, but there is no sign of it. G.W.H. G.W.Hancock. | ||
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).