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 'The Motor' magazine discussing content changes and recent articles at the start of wartime.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan158 | |
| Date | 11th September 1939 | |
| The Motor PROPRIETORS: TEMPLE PRESS LIMITED. MANAGING DIRECTOR: ROLAND E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DANGERFIELD. DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER: ROBERT ASHWORTH. 1204 LONDON: BOWLING GREEN LANE E.C.1 TELEPHONE TERMINUS 3636 (Private Branch Exchange) TELEGRAMS PRESSIMUS SMITH LONDON CABLES PRESSIMUS LONDON BIRMINGHAM: 61-65 NEW STREET TELEPHONE MIDLAND 4117 (P.B.Ex) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK BIRMINGHAM COVENTRY: 50 HERTFORD STREET TELEPHONE COVENTRY 60095 (P.B.Ex) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK COVENTRY MANCHESTER: 274 DEANSGATE TELEPHONE BLACKFRIARS 5038 (P.B.Ex) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK MANCHESTER HEAD OFFICE: BOWLING GREEN LANE, LONDON, E.C.1. M.82.MG W.A. Robotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. 11th September, 1939 Dear Mr. Robotham, This is the last letter which I shall be sending you for some time. In common with everyone else I hope that the change in our state and activities will be short but, in any case, I can assure you that "THE MOTOR" will still come out each week and will, I hope, continue to contain matter of real technical interest to you. In particular, we shall be dealing with problems of fuel economy and alternative fuels, and there will doubtless be quite a number of official regulations which we shall publish and upon which we shall offer advice. In the meantime I can at least refer now to some of the items which we have had in our last six peace-time issues, including September 5. We have had one Technical Review (August 8) dealing with small racing cars, and a number of new car announcements. These have been: August 1, Talbot Ten, and unchanged Wolseley range; August 15, Rover, Singer, Citroen; August 22, improved Vauxhalls; August 29, the new Austin Twelve, and slightly modified Alvis range; September 5, new 2-litre Sunbeam Talbot, slightly modified M.G. and unchanged Lagondas. -1- | ||