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).
Requesting engine revs at 80-85 mph for a car with a higher gear back axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\2\ scan0060 | |
| Date | 25th March 1938 | |
| To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}25/E25.3.38 [Handwritten: 600] Thanks for Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/R23.3.38 [Handwritten annotation: ? with arrow] which I have read with considerable interest. I should be glad to know what the engine revs. are on the car with the higher gear back axle at, say, 80 miles an hour and 85 if [strikethrough] you reckon that the car is capable of reaching that speed. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||