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 battery manufacturer Peto & Radford regarding the performance of a battery in a Phantom III car.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\4\ scan0106 | |
Date | 30th April 1937 | |
1011 79 Works, Dagenham Dock, Essex TELEPHONE SLOANE 7164. 5 LINES PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE TELEGRAMS DAGENITE, CONCENTRATION, SOWEST, LONDON. Manufacturers of Accumulators for over 50 years. PETO & RADFORD Proprietors - Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company Ltd. .50 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON. S.W.I. YOUR REF. OUR REF. M/5. 30th April, 1937. H.E. West, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr. West, Thank you for yours of the 28th instant, with the photographs of the batteries on the Phantom III Nairobi car. It will be interesting to send copies of these to the Press showing what a good battery can do. I read that the car had no water put in it from start to finish, which was a remarkable achievement. Can the same be said of the battery? From the look of it, it looks as if the vents have never been out and that the battery was untouched. I expect to be writing you next week about the special plugs you gave me to test in my 4 1/4 Bentley. Yours sincerely, G R N Minchin Q Not too good I think. | ||