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).
Cablegram comparing American competitor engine designs and recommending the purchase of a Cadillac Sixteen for analysis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img325 | |
| Date | 14th February 1934 | |
| Form No. 6. H.P. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS P.20 1934 FEB 14 AM 9 18 BMMR38 DETROIT 77 1/54 13 NLT ROYCAR DERBY MESSRS ROLLS ROYCE CO LTD DERBY HIVES RECOMMEDN DO NOT MAKE STRAIGHT EIGHT RODS LESS THAN TWICE STROKE LATEST LASALLE NINE INCH ROD FOUR POINT TWOFIVE STROKE EVERYONE HERE USES THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLL-ED{J. L. Edwards} EXHAUST HOT SPOT ALL HAVE EXHAUST AND INDUCTION MANIFOLDS THE SAME SIDE OF THE ENGINE EXCEPT STUTZ RECOMMEND WE BUY CADILLAC SIXTEEN FOR RIDING SMOOTHNESS | ||