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 discussing the performance of a car driven by George Eyston and the superior chassis facilities at Hythe Road compared to Derby.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\2\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 30th November 1940 | |
| - 2 - Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/SW.30.11.40. If you put speed above comfort, you can of course, reproduce the car in which George Eyston, did 114 miles in the hour. I do not think that any useful object would be achieved on any of the points you have mentioned by sending the car to Derby, since Hythe Road have far more facilities for working on Chassis than we have up here at the moment. Yours sincerely, | ||