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).
Engine smoothness and two-piece propeller shaft of the Oldsmobile.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\1\ scan0060 | |
| Date | 4th February 1938 | |
| 1062 Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/R.4.2.38. OLDSMOBILE. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}8/E2.2.38. The Oldsmobile is still the smoothest 6-cyl. engine of which we have any knowledge. The two features on the Oldsmobile to which we constantly refer are - the engine smoothness and the propeller shaft in two pieces. We do not want to part with the car until we are satisfied that the B.III Propeller shaft is satisfactory. The same thing applies to the Packard front suspension. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||