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).
Expressing disappointment in the low daily mileage achieved during a car testing period.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0022 | |
| Date | 23th January 1939 | |
| -2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}15/JH.23.1.39. Reckoning the 16th. to 21st. inclusive as 5½ days we find that based on the average speeds given you have done 28 hours driving leaving 17½ hours for work on the car. Whilst we appreciate your conscientious endeavours to examine all faults and answer our various queries, we cannot find in your reports sufficient to account for so many working hours. No doubt there is some explanation, but we are disappointed in your daily mileages which average only 228 miles per day. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||