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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).
Report page discussing recommended maximum vehicle speeds, noisy axles, and unreliable clocks and speedometers.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 107\2\  scan0160
Date  11th April 1938 guessed
  
Sheet No.7.

f.{Mr Friese} Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} read a warning, which is to be printed in the next issue of the Bulletin, warning Continental Tourists against sustained high speeds on the fast Trunk Roads.

The recommended maximum speeds were:-

3½ Litre Bentley ......... 70/75 M.P.H.
4¼ " " ............. 75/80 "
P.III ............. 75/80 "
P.II .............. 70/75 "
25/30 ............. 65/70 "

It was agreed that these speeds were reasonable.

g.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Noisy Axles.

The Experimental Department are still working on the Thrust Race problem.

h.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Clocks and Speedometers.

There were complaints of extreme unreliability of Clocks and Speedometers.

HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LS.
  
  


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