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 of appreciation from Mr. R. Douglass Croall regarding a new demonstration car's performance and synchromesh.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 21th July 1932 | |
| Copy of letter from Mr. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Douglass Croall. ---------------- John Croall & Sons Ltd. Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, 21st July, 1932. Our ref: RDC/EMW. A.F. Sidgreaves, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., 14-15, Conduit Street, London, W. 1. Dear Mr. Sidgreaves, I thought I would just like to write and let you know that I drove our new demonstration 25 up from London on Monday here. I would like to take this opportunity of offering you my heartiest congratulations. I think it is one of the finest efforts your famous firm have ever made. I was thoroughly impressed with what has been ever so often referred to in the press - the effortless power. The way it glides up hills is a revelation. It may interest you to know that checking the consumption carefully, (and we came through some very hilly districts, including Derbyshire and over the Peak), it worked out at exactly 20 miles a gallon, averaging approximately 40 miles an hour. Gear changing, to my mind, is reduced to absurd simplicity. It is the simplest and most straightforward movement that one can possibly imagine, having the great advantage that you can make the change without losing speed. Altogether it seems to me that you have surely reached finality, and the new Rolls-Royce synchromesh is undoubtedly a fitting reply to the fluid flywheel system. Wishing your firm every possible success with this remarkable chassis, With kind regards, Yours sincerely, (Sgd.) R.{Sir Henry Royce} Douglass Croall. | ||