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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).
Letter discussing a car driven by George Eyston, its speed record, and the best location for chassis work.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\2\  scan0053
Date  30th November 1940
  
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Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/SW.30.11.40.

If you put speed above comfort, you
can of course, reproduce the car in which George Eyston,
did 114 miles in the hour.

I do not think that any useful object
would be achieved on any of the points you have mentioned by
sending the car to Derby, since Hythe Road have far more
facilities for working on Chassis than we have up here at the
moment.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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