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 from B.S. Cunningham requesting a performance test report on a new Bentley for comparison with a Buick Century.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\2\ img320 | |
| Date | 11th March 1939 guessed | |
| B. S. Cunningham Greenes Farms, Conn. Telephone, Fairfield, Conn-140 the compression ratio, the gear ratios, and increased the size of carburetor jets. I hope to show you a special Buick Century this summer, if all turns out as expected. Your report on the Buick was disappointing, but didn't prove much as I haven't any similar test of any other car to check it with. How about sending me a similar test of the new Bentley? I will of course keep this all under my hat, as I haven't any interest in General Motors anyway. Please let's have a similar report on a Bentley, so I can check it with the Buick! I hope one of the motor journals publishes a road test of the new Bentley soon, as then I can check it with many other cars. If I can arrange it, I will take my Bentley up to the Mason Laboratory at Yale University this Spring, and put | ||