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 to Mr. Robotham discussing car features and performance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\2\ img318 | |
| Date | 11th March 1939 guessed | |
| B. S. Cunningham Greens Farms, Conn. Telephone, Fairfield, Conn-140 March 27 Dear Mr. Robotham: Thanks a lot for your letter and enclosures concerning the Buick Century and the "Streamline" Bentley. I have been greatly interested in reading about the marvelous performance of the new job, and hope I shall have the pleasure of driving one this summer when I visit Derby. There are two features which I don't like, however. One is the appearance and the second is the fact that because of superior streamlining, the brakes will be subjected to much more severe usage. Of course, on the new German roads the very high top gear ratio of 2.87 to 1 is fine, but not much use around New York! I also dislike the disappearance of the radiator, and the forward location of the | ||