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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).
Car's top speed performance, its limitation by tyre life, and comparison to a standard Bentley feature.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 160\5\  scan0061
Date  9th December 1940 guessed
  
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The car is certainly capable of 110 m.p.h. on the road and in fact, its top speed performance at present is largely dictated by tyre life.

The ability to go almost anywhere on top gear, which is a feature of the standard Bentley, cannot be retained when such a high maximum is provided.
  
  


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