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 from Nairobi discussing car troubles with model 34 Ex after crossing the Sahara.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\4\ scan0083 | |
| Date | 17th March 1934 | |
| CABLES: "JET" NAIROBI. 1011- TELEPHONE 2419. 62/1 TORR'S HOTEL LTD. DIRECTORS: MAJOR EWART SCOTT GROGAN, D.S.O. ERNEST BEASLEY GILL, A.C.A. PERCY WHEELOCK, A.C.A. RICHARD ARNOTT, F.C.R.A. P. O.{Mr Oldham} BOX 419. NAIROBI. 17. 3. 34 Dear Harry, (Grylls) All is well, and as you see we, and 34 Ex are at last at test. The car has behaved well, but has not been absolutely free from Trouble. During the Sahara crossing the shock damper and roll-bar ball anchorage, ^FIG. I became slack on both sides. The 5/16" pinch bolt does not seem to be adequate and a 3/8" bolt would undoubtedly make a stronger job. The Engine ran like the proverbial "bird," and apart from the slow running air-bleed becoming clocked with sand which upset the running at low speeds, nothing had to be touched. Since leaving England the petrol pumps have been forgotten, and although at | ||