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).
Vehicle performance during American winter blizzard conditions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img129 | |
| Date | 17th January 1934 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Fm.5/MJ.27.1.34. STOP AT RECOGNIZED HOTELS SG{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E R By Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} HOY EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} /H/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} CX{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} MX{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} HOTEL SYRACUSE Syracuse, N.Y. FAY B. MARENESS, MANAGER Jan 17th /34 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Am now suffering American winter conditions. Yesterday I came about 220 miles on ice & snow and finished up in a minor blizzard. The sunshine roof lets clouds of powder snow in. Under these conditions, the front number plate gets flattened out by drifted snow. A heater is more or less indispensable with temperatures 5° below zero, one has to get out every fifty miles to thaw. The radiator shutters are not right yet, they run practically closed and then will not open any further when one goes fast; they have the improved leverage to so this cannot be considered a cure. | ||