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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 an editor discussing arrangements for a car road test and the publication of its results.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 160\5\  scan0200
Date  8th February 1941 guessed
  
the 4.25 to 1 ratio would be quoted there.
I do hope this is in order.
In view of your remarks, I am withholding all mention of speed on top gear. I should very much like an opportunity of checking the maximum speed again and at the same time I might check the r.p.m. in top and overdrive against the m.p.h., as there appears to me to be a slight discrepancy between my figures and the corrected figures published in last Wednesday's "Motor".
If I could check fuel consumption with a test-tank, and, perhaps, take more note of miles put away in the hour, I should be pleased to publish such additional data.
I am free only on Sunday now, but I can always arrange for a reliable friend to collect a car on Saturday, so perhaps something could be arranged for Feb. 23rd, March 9th, or March 23rd.
The test-report is scheduled for this month's issue, which should appear any day now, and a copy of which will be sent to you.
Yours sincerely,
W. Boddy,
Actg, Editor.
  
  


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