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 on hotel stationery detailing car performance issues after a long drive in icy conditions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\2\ img197 | |
| Date | 26th February 1934 | |
| FRANKFORT HOTEL FRANKFORT HOTEL, CO., INCORPORATED FRANKFORT, KY. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 11/MJT 93 3/4 Feb. 26TH. /34 GRY{Shadwell Grylls} Many thanks for your letter re progress. After trying the Terraplane sex I feel sure that the main secret of the car is in its engine mounting. Your remark about all twelve valve springs being broken was not so facetious as you might think. Today, on my way to Langley, after covering 350 miles on ice and snow in acute discomfort owing to (a) The temperature (b) Ice collecting under the front wings so that after 50 miles straight running it prevented one turning the wheels on a lock (c) Insufficient ground clearance causing the car to drag its tummy | ||