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 to E.R. Hall discussing the performance of a car with a 1600 c.c. engine and enquiring about his Bugatti order.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\6\ Scan022 | |
| Date | 16th July 1936 | |
| X262 19 Exptl. Dept. 16th July, 1936. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW. E.R. Hall, Esq., Branksome Chine Hotel, Branksome Chine, Bournemouth. Dear Hall, Many thanks for your letter. Did you observe that the car illustrated in the attached photograph averaged over 100 M.P.H. for the 24 hours with a 1600 c.c. engine? This appears to me to be an astonishingly good performance. Let me know how your order for the Bugatti progresses. I shall be in Cornwall for ten days from to-morrow onwards. Yours sincerely, | ||