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Summary concluding that the 12 x 41 axle would not be an improvement for the standard production Continental type car.


Identifier  Morton\M19\  img193
Date  4th June 1931
  
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Bm.1/KT.4.6.31.

Summarising the results, both Sales and
ourselves came to the conclusion that the 12 x 41 axle
would not improve our existing standard production
Continental type car under the average conditions of use.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Bm.
  
  
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).


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