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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).
Letter on Hotel Majestic Grenoble letterhead detailing a test drive of an Invicta car up the Col du Porte.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 24\5\  Scan175
Date  27th June 1929
  
HOTEL MAJESTIC
GRENOBLE

Même Direction
AUTUN
Hotel St-Louis et de la{L. A. Archer} Poste

BOURG-EN-BRESSE
HOTEL DE FRANCE

SAULIEU
HOTEL DE LA{L. A. Archer} POSTE
A.{Mr Adams} BONNEAU, Directeur-Général

Même Administration
NICE
Hotel Ruhl et des Anglais
Hotel Plaza & France
Hotel Royal
Savoy Palace

PARIS
Hotel de Paris
Restaurant Viel
La{L. A. Archer} Pomme d'Api à la{L. A. Archer} Cité de Deauville

CANNES
Hotel Majestic

Téléphone 3-90
Télégrammes MAJESTICOTEL-GRENOBLE

To.
Mr Hives.
Expt Dept.

Dear Sir,
We have not been out with the Rolls today, but on Mr Grylls' Invicta car.
We have been up the Col du Porte with 3 passengers, Grylls driving.
This run is a climb from Grenoble direct.
Grenoble is 689 ft above sea level.
Top of Col du Porte. 4400 ft. ". ".
The car was driven up on 3rd Gear all the way and the water temperature reached practically 100 C, per his car
  
  


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