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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).
Continued report on competitor car trials, mentioning Alfa, Alvis, Lagonda, and Invicta.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 124\5\  scan0114
Date  16th June 1933
  
-2- Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/W.H.16.6.33. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}

faster than the Alfa except for extreme top speeds.

We have also tried several of the Alvis cars.
The last one we had on the track was a demonstration car
which, with a small open body, lapped Brooklands at 80 M.P.H.

The Lagonda and the Invicta we have also tried.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  


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