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).
Testing, condition, and recommended sale of a Stutz car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 23\5\ Scan079 | |
| Date | 2nd March 1928 | |
| X1836 To C. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CWB. c. to PN.{Mr Northey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG2.3.28. STUTZ CAR. We are returning the Stutz car to Lillie Hall this week-end. We have now finished with this car and recommend that it should be sold. Before it is sold, we think it would be useful if PN.{Mr Northey} and CWB. tried this car so that they could appreciate the straight-8 engine. The car has deteriorated considerably since we have had it. This may be accounted for by the fact that it has had some gruelling tests, but it still retains the advantages one anticipates in the straight-8 of - freedom from torque reaction and overrun vibrations. The glass in the window in one of the rear doors is broken. This is a special type of glass and we anticipate it will be necessary to get it from a Stutz Agent. The brakes on the car also need attention. We did not tackle this job because we knew that we should have to have spent a lot of time on it before we could be satisfied. We recommend the car is run into a Stutz service garage to have these attended to. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||