Letter from SS Cars Ltd. regarding dissatisfaction with rev counters, speedometers, and noisy drives.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\5\ scan0013 | |
| Date | 18th November 1936 | |
| 1104. MANAGING DIRECTOR'S OFFICE TELEPHONE 8681 (10 LINES) TELEGRAMS SWALLOW(Experimental 3rd LINE MODEL 12/15hp 2-3 seater) COVENTRY SS {S. Smith} WORKS HOLBROOK LANE COVENTRY 18th November, 1936 W.A. Robotham, Esq., Messrs Rolls-Royce, Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Mr. Robotham, In reply to your letter dated the 17th inst., asking whether we are satisfied with our rev.counter and speedometer I am afraid I must say that we are not. We also have suffered considerable trouble with noisy drives, and have received many complaints from customers. It is a matter which we are continually taking up with Smiths, and I am sure they are doing everything they can to overcome the trouble, in fact I believe they have succeeded recently in effecting considerable improvement. I am afraid I cannot enlighten you as to the respective merits of the instruments which you fit on the Bentley, and those fitted on our own cars. Yours sincerely, W. Lyons | ||
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).