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).
Request to obtain an 8-cylinder Packard car for an extended test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\1\ scan0127 | |
| Date | 29th October 1926 | |
| W/S. CWB. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X435 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG29.10.26. 8-CYL. PACKARD. We are anxious to try an 8-cyl. Packard car. We should like, if possible, to give it a somewhat more extended test than an ordinary trial run. Will you please let us know whether you are able to obtain the loan of one of these cars for such a test. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||