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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 to the Royal Automobile Club requesting a suitable road near Cambridge for a high-speed steering test.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 39\2\  Scan230
Date  22th June 1926
  
X 3542

"The Knoll",
Littleover,
Near Derby.

X3805
22nd. June 1926.

The Royal Automobile Club,
Pall Mall,
London.

Dear Sirs,

I wish to do a steering test on my car which will approach Continental conditions i.e. a straight road permitting a high speed with a poor surface.

I should be much obliged if you could tell me of any such road in the neighbourhood of Cambridge, or failing this, indicate where such a road can be found.

As my car is capable of 80 m.p.h., a 2 or 3-mile unfrequented straight is almost essential.

It would be of great assistance to me if you could let me have this information by Tuesday evening next.

Yours faithfully,
  
  


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