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).
Comparing the smaller turning circle of a 45hp Fiat to a Rolls-Royce car, questioning the effect of its shorter wheelbase.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\5\ Scan006 | |
| Date | 30th October 1911 | |
| R.R. 348c (100 H) (F 984. 6.12.10). E.P. 8053 DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. Issued 7th meeting RECEIVED P OCT 31 1911 This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. X426 W Haden. 30 oct. 1911 Technical Cttee A 45 hp. 4 cyl. Fiat having a wheel-base 1 ft shorter than our car turned in a circle of 5 feet smaller diameter. What should the 1 foot mean in diameter? I think we ought to see how the Fiat people have arrived at this. CJohnson This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||