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).
Telegram from Royce to Claude Johnson regarding chassis and engine modifications, confirming fears about torque variation were unfounded.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\D\October1919\ Scan37 | |
| Date | 30th October 1919 | |
| R.R. 235a (500 T) (S.D. 408. 26-4-17.) Bm. 2/156/13. ORIGINAL. Copy to Ker. [struck through] Ark. [struck through] H.R. [struck through] W.H. [struck through] By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [struck through] Ck.{Mr Clark} from Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Handwritten: X.2565 X.3400 X.3129 (4) 30.10.19. " CLAUDE JOHNSON MIDLAND HOTEL DERBY. ROYCE WIRES AS FOLLOWS CALCULATIONS SHOW MY FEARS OF YESTERDAY UNFOUNDED stop VARIATION IN TORQUE PRACTICALLY UNAFFECTED THEREFORE ONLY MODIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO MAKE CHASSIS PERFECT AS ANY PRODUCED SILENT PISTONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO BATTERY IGNITION WIRING stop KINDLY CHOOSE BETWEEN LOW AND EXTRA LOW COMPRESSIONS FOR ENCLOSED BODIES stop SUGGEST LEAVING 1 EX AS SPECIMEN FOR OPEN BODIES EXCEPT AS MODIFIED ABOVE stop REALISE DIFFICULTY JUDGING SPECIMEN EXCEPT AS FINISHED CAR WITH FREE RUNNING ENGINE. ELIAS ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. " ----------------------------- | ||