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 Ethyl Export Corporation arranging the loan of a Lincoln-Zephyr car for performance testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\2\ scan0057 | |
| Date | 7th December 1938 | |
| Handwritten notes: WYMAN- 12.88 1044. Dynamometer curves & if possible a comparison of road speed with the Bentley. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} File. CABLEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, LONDON. TELEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, SOWEST. ETHYL EXPORT CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware, U.S.A. with limited liability. THAMES HOUSE, MILLBANK LONDON, S.W.1 Telephone: VICTORIA 1441 Head Office: 405, LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK, U.S.A OUR REFERENCE: FRB/BB YOUR REFERENCE: 7th December, 1938. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Experimental Department, Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, Further to our telephone conversation this morning, I will be able to send the Lincoln-Zephyr car up to you next week and Goodacre will bring it to the Works early on Wednesday morning, the 14th December. The people from whom I have borrowed it would like it back on Thursday, so if you could do all your tests on Wednesday I should be grateful. Goodacre may be able to arrive in Derby sometime on Tuesday, and if he arrives before the Works close I will get him to leave the car there for the night so that you can start on it early in the morning. Yours) sincerely, [Signature] | ||