Letter from 'The Motor' magazine summarizing the contents of their January 1939 issues, including road tests and technical reviews.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan025 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1939 | |
| 1204 The Motor PROPRIETORS: TEMPLE PRESS LIMITED MANAGING DIRECTOR: ROLAND E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DANGERFIELD DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER: ROBERT ASHWORTH LONDON: 5-17 ROSEBERY AVENUE E.C.1 TELEPHONES TERMINUS 3636 (PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE) TELEGRAMS PRESSIMUS SMITH LONDON CABLES PRESSIMUS LONDON BIRMINGHAM: 61-65 NEW STREET TELEPHONES MIDLAND 4117 (5 LINES) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK BIRMINGHAM COVENTRY: 50 HERTFORD STREET TELEPHONE COVENTRY 60095 (2 LINES) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK COVENTRY MANCHESTER: 274 DEANSGATE TELEPHONE BLACKFRIARS 5038 (2 LINES) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK MANCHESTER HEAD OFFICE: 5 TO 17, ROSEBERY AVENUE, LONDON, E.C.1 M.51.MG 2nd February, 1939 W.A. Rowbotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. Dear Mr. Rowbotham, The January issues of "THE MOTOR" contained road tests dealing with a number of interesting new cars in widely differing horse power categories, as can be seen from the following table. January 3 Humber Snipe January 10 Wolseley 18-85 Saloon 8 h.p. Renault January 17 8 h.p. Singer Bantam January 24 8 h.p. Standard Drophead Coupe 25 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Limousine January 31 4-litre Darracq 14 h.p. Vauxhall The Technical Review for the month has featured Servo Transmissions, giving particulars of the Bendix, Cotal and Warner Overdrive types. New cars described included the 2½-litre Daimler with special equipment, a new 30 h.p. Ford V8 and 2-litre sports Hansa. Additionally there has been a summary of existing cars in various price fields, the January 24 issue reviewing models costing up to £150 and January 31 up to £175. The latter issue also contained an article on the economic possibilities of the ultra small car. | ||
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).