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Letter on French hotel stationery detailing the results of a 1500-mile Bentley test run.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 82\1\  scan0032
Date  26th March 1933
  
TOURING-HOTEL
TÉL. 1-55
GRAND HOTEL DE L'ÉPÉE
TÉL. 0-53
AUXERRE
GRANDS VINS DE BOURGOGNE
STOK DE GRAND-CHABLIS
Expéditions pour tous Pays
R. {Sir Henry Royce} C. AUXERRE 4155

X48513a
AUXERRE, LE Sunday 26th

WOR {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
Att: Arm. Thanks
1-3-33
UN

Mr. Hives,

Everything is ok with the Bentley. we expect to be back in Paris tomorrow 'monday' evening after a run of approx 1500 miles.

W. O. {Mr Oldham} Bentley is very pleased indeed with the results, and is very enthusiastic about the car. The maximum speed has been 96. M.P.G.

I expect to arrive back at Chateauroux(French test region) for lunch of Tuesday.

Yours faithfully
F. {Mr Friese} Dodd.

HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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