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 data on cars from the year's Tourist Trophy race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\6\ Scan114 | |
| Date | 25th September 1936 | |
| X262 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}19/KW. 25th September, 1936. The Secretary, The Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1. Dear Sir, We are collecting data in connection with cars running in this year's Tourist Trophy race. We shall be very much obliged if you could let us know the wheelbase, track and approximate total weight of - (1) The Rileys. (2) The Delehayes. (3) The B.M.W's. (4) The Lagondas. If you have not the weight, the track and wheelbase would be of value. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||