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).
Report from Folkestone detailing a travel delay due to weather and initial feedback on a car's performance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan024 | |
| Date | 22th January 1922 | |
| [Annotations, top left:] E.P. By R.H. Please note & return! To Mr Gill E.P. 23/1/22 [Stamp: RECEIVED] [Annotations, top centre/right:] X4086 Return to Office Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} [Stamp: MARKED BY] [Header:] Folkestone Monday 22.1.1922 5 Gns II [Body:] We spent this morning getting our papers from the R.A.C. and after being delayed there rather longer than we expected ran down here to catch the afternoon boat but on arrival found that the weather was so rough that the steamship people refused to ship any cars. We are therefore compelled to wait until tomorrow. I expect Appleby will join us here before we cross over. The car is running well so far as covering ground is concerned but there are several things which are not ideal but they are not defects inherent to the design. The engine pulls well but rather rough also it "peters out" below 20 M.P.H. in a similar manner to the previous cars, this as we know being due to carburation. The timing wheels appear to be making more noise than at the start but I will observe this further before making definite comment. Ignition has worked well, oil pressure varies rather a lot, but I think this is characteristic and not undesirable as long as the lowest pressure is reasonable. [Annotation in margin:] with speed | ||