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).
Specification sheet comparing various competitor cars from the 1930s.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0226 | |
| Date | 8th March 1940 guessed | |
| Sheet 4. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} CAR. LITRES. WEIGHT. REAR AXLE. SPEEDS. RATIOS. GRADIENTS. TYRE SIZE Hillman Fourteen Saloon. 1.943 27 cwts. 4.89 4.89 .671 1 in 13.5 Sept. 1938. (unladen) 7.29 .408 1 in 8 5.75 12.08 .281 1 in 6 x 17.42 1 in 3.7 16. Fraser Nash B.M.W. 4.5 .671 5.25 16.2 H.P. Saloon. 1.971 21.25 cwts. 4.5 6.7 .402 x June 1938. (unladen) 11.2 .29 16. 15.5 Rover Saloon 16 H.P. 2.147 28cwts. 4.7 4.7 .658 1 in 13 June 1938 (unladen) 7.14 .442 1 in 8.5 5.5 10.62 .248 1 in 5.7 x 17 18.98 1 in 3.0 Daimler. Fifteen Saloon. 2.166 29 cwt. 4.86 4.86 .68 1 in 12.4 (unladen) 7.16 .455 1 in 8.6 6.0 x 10.69 .260 1 in 5.9 16. 18.64 1 in 3.2 Ford V.8. 22 H.P. Saloon 2.226 25.5 cwts. 4.55 4.55 .624 1 in 12 May 1938 (unladen) 7.30 .353 1 in 7.5 5.75 12.9 1 in 3.9 x 16 Alvis Saloon "Silver Crest". 2.362 33 cwt. 5.22 5.22 .75 1 in 10 16.95 H.P. (unladen) 6.94 .518 1 in 8 6.5 10.07 .337 1 in 5 x 16. 15.5 1 in 3. Riley Saloon "Adelphi" 5.5 1 in 8 16 H.P. 2.440 30 cwt. 5.5 8.25 .666 1 in 5.5 Jan.1938. (unladen) 14.3 .385 1 in 3.2 5.25 Overdrive top x 18. 3.97 1.385 1 in 14 Alvis Silver Crest. 2.762 33.5 cwt. 4.54 4.54 .752 1 in 11.4 20 H.P. Saloon. (unladen) 6.04 .517 1 in 7.8 8.77 .366 1 in 5.6 6.50 13.5 1 in 3.6 x 16. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||