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).
Inquiry about the performance and market resistance of cars fitted with only battery ignition in India.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 37\1\ scan 117 | |
| Date | 1st August 1921 | |
| X 3199 Mr. Kirby - Rolls-Royce Depot, Bombay - India. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hsl/LGS.8.21. We should like you to let us know, how cars which are fitted only with Battery Ignition, perform in India. We would anticipate that originally there would be considerable resistance against cars with Battery Ignition only, but owing to the great number of American cars which are now only fitting Battery Ignition, we should imagine that the resistance against a single battery ignition is very little. We should be very pleased if you will let us have all the information possible because there is a suggestion on a new car we are making, to use battery ignition only. In your reply we should like you to give as many facts as possible. We should like to know what are the practical disadvantages with single battery ignition in India. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||