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).
Lack of enthusiasm for a V.8 engine and considering alternative engine configurations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img250 | |
| Date | 9th February 1934 guessed | |
| -2- No-one seems enthusiastic about the V.8. Thinking engines at the back, the straight eight is of course a bad shape. I have Ist's. memo on coils and will find out what I can. .E. | ||