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).
Letter from Ethyl Export Corporation detailing performance figures for a modified Buick at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\1\ scan0355 | |
| Date | 27th May 1938 | |
| CABLEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, LONDON. TELEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, SOWEST. [Handwritten, crossed out]: CRASTER [Handwritten]: File please RvR ETHYL EXPORT CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware, U. S. A. {Mr Adams} with limited liability. THAMES HOUSE, MILLBANK LONDON, S.W.1 Telephone: VICTORIA 1441 Head Office: 405, LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK, U.S.A Our Reference: FRB/HME Your Reference: [Handwritten]: 1282. 27th May, 1938. W. A. {Mr Adams} Rowbotham Esq., Experimental Department, Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} , It may interest you to learn that we have improved our Buick a little bit and although there is still a very slight "flat spot" at the low end of the throttle, it is not nearly so bad as it was when we had the car on the track with you. The latest figures for this job at Brooklands are as follows:- Lap Speed (third lap timed) 88.9 m.p.h. Flying Mile (slight wind against us) 90.4 " 0 - 50 m.p.h., through gears, 11.4 secs. 10 - 50 m.p.h., in top gear, 13.5 secs. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, Rod Banks | ||