From 'R' to 'Hs' discussing car speeds at Brooklands, comparing a 1911 car's performance to a current one and suggesting a test for car EAC.1.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0188 | |
| Date | 24th November 1925 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} X8920 R3/M24.11.25. RE. SPEED ON BROOKLANDS. X. 788 X. 8920 X. 8771 The London to Edinburgh(1909 40/50, overdrive top gear) car of about 1911. I seem to remember did 78¼ miles on Brooklands, now with greater H.P. we only do 74. The former must have been better for windage. I think it would be good to try EAC.1. on Brook-lands as soon as it is doing well. It would be so good to test if it held the road, etc. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).