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 to Capt. Burt discussing the Le Mans race and the possibility of trying a Railton Terraplane.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\2\ Scan173 | |
| Date | 4th September 1934 | |
| To Bt.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} x7902 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/KW.4.9.34. Dear Capt. Burt, Thank you for your note, Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}6/NM.30.8.34. This unfortunately arrived too late as I crossed over to Ireland on Tuesday. I hope that you were able to see the race, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I had a talk to your brother and was very interested to hear his opinion of his standard Bentley over the Le Mans circuit. Do let me know if you have any interesting cars which we might try - I don't know whether your brother would lend us his Railton Terraplane for half a day. This car certainly seems to have points of interest. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||