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).
Arranging a car test at Brooklands to compare a 4-litre Delage or an Essex Terraplane with a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\1\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 17th March 1933 | |
| X788 W/S. To Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/KT.17.3.33. We shall be at Brooklands on Tuesday of next week, and wonder whether you could possibly get hold of one of the new 4 litre Delage cars for us to test, so that we can get an idea of how it compares with the Bentley. Failing this, is it possible for you to get hold of an Essex Terraplane. We shall be on the track from 11.0 a.m. onwards, should you be able to bring the car along. 21st. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||