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 to a customer regarding Bentley speedometer accuracy and an invitation to test drive a saloon car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\1\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 20th November 1933 | |
| x7967 Experimental Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}17/KT. November 20th 1933. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Summers Esq., John Summers & Sons Ltd., Shotton, Nr. Chester. Dear Richard, Thank you for your letter of the 7th inst. As explained to you on the 'phone, if you could get down here some time, we could let you try a saloon car and settle whether you like the springing or not. Your remarks about the speedometer are hardly just, actually no Bentley speedometers should be more than 5% fast. This we consider to be a reasonable margin in order to avoid speedometers reading low. Don't forget to let me know your chassis number when you have it. Yours sincerely, | ||