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 The Autocar magazine requesting technical specifications and performance data for an upcoming article.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0172 | |
| Date | 9th February 1939 | |
| [Header] The Autocar The Leading Motoring Journal PROPRIETORS: ILIFFE & SONS LTD. [Left Column] Telegrams: AUTOCARS, SEDIST, LONDON. AUTOPRESS, BIRMINGHAM. AUTOCAR, COVENTRY. ILIFFE, MANCHESTER. ILIFFE, GLASGOW. Telephones: LONDON: WATERLOO 3333 (50 LINES). BIRMINGHAM: MIDLAND 2971 (4 LINES). COVENTRY: 5210. MANCHESTER: BLACKFRIARS 4412 (4 LINES). GLASGOW: CENTRAL 4857. IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE REF. A/JFD/MW. [Right Column] BIRMINGHAM: GUILDHALL BUILDINGS, NAVIGATION STREET. COVENTRY: 8-10, CORPORATION STREET. MANCHESTER: 260, DEANSGATE, 3. GLASGOW: 26B, RENFIELD STREET, C.2. [Handwritten Number] 1379. [Main Address] Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.1. 9th February, 1939. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. Dear Mr. Robotham, I have purposely delayed writing to thank you for last week's trip so that I might send you the rough draft of my article at the same time as this letter. I should be grateful if you would read through the article with a special eye to the figures mentioned, and perhaps you could confirm the following points: 1. What was the total mileage covered and what were the overall petrol consumptions of the two cars? 2. What were the tyre sizes on the streamlined car, and the tyre pressures for ordinary work and autobahn work? 3. Can you let me have the petrol figures which you ascertained with the streamlined car at speeds ranging from, say, 60 to 110 m.p.h.? Have you, also, comparative figures on an ordinary saloon? 4. Can you give me any acceleration figures, such as 0-60, 0-80 m.p.h., etc.? [Handwritten note: No] 5. How are the rear wheel covers detached? [Handwritten note: By unscrewing] 6. Where is Perspex used instead of glass? [Handwritten note: Rear quarter lights] 7. Is it possible to have drawings of (a) the patent pistons, (b) the linered brake drums, and | ||