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 from Detroit comparing competitor vehicle components and technologies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\4\ img034 | |
| Date | 21th May 1935 | |
| Form No. 6 usa WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. RECEIVED AT 1, BROAD STREET CHAMBERS, BIRMINGHAM, 1. (Tel. No. Midland, 1711). MESSRS ROLLS ROYCE CO LTD DERBY 42 DETROIT MICH 64 20 NLT ROYCAR DERBY ROBOTHAM OLLEY IN FAVOUR WISHBONE LONGITUDINAL TORSION BARS FOR CHEAPNESS AND RIGIDITY STOP BUICK TYRES QUIET BECAUSE SPRINGS SHACKLED BOTH ENDS LATEST MODELS RUBBER BETWEEN AXLE AND SPRINGS STOP GENERAL MOTORS SIDE VALVES VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY AVERAGE TEN PERCENT LESS THAN OVERHEAD MAXIMUM REVOLUTIONS STOP PONTIACS HURRIEDLY DISCARDED CADMIUM BEARINGS OLLEY MAINTAINS CADILLAC CROSS IN CORRECT POSITION AND STIFFNESS ADDITIVE TO BODY. | ||