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).
Vehicle testing progress, detailing weather-related delays, a wired update, and issues with local petrol quality.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\4\ Scan208 | |
| Date | 27th August 1924 guessed | |
| contd :- -3- take me a whole morning to put the 40/50 HP. right again - joints are all tight etc. The weather does not look at all inclined to be hot - temp. 30 to 35°C, when they complain. Today the temp. is 15°C. Rained every day so far, so I should like to know whether you consider it will be useful testing other cars. As far as I can see, to do this at the rate I'm getting through - another week will be taken up in the tests. Will you please wire whether tests so far are satisfactory, also if I am to carry on? You will note in the reports - 'height' test, I have altered to Metres per kilometer, as I thought this would give a truer result of the gradient. It is supposed to be 10 in 100 meters. Other hills have as much as 25 in 100 - 45 in 100. I am trying to get the spec.gravity of the petrol, but not successful yet. The petrol is not as good as ours - seems to be more like the French petrol. I have wired you today - "TESTS FINISHED 40/50 WAITING FOR OTHER CARS STOP TEMPERATURE LOW STOP" This means weather is still cool. G.W.Hancock. P.S. There are no pits here. I have no time or expense sheets here - did not expect to be more than one week. | ||