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 coachbuilders Messrs. Barkers regarding vehicle speed limitations due to body design and wind resistance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\1\ Scan025 | |
| Date | 4th November 1925 | |
| +1056 Expl: Dept: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG. SKxt 4th.Nov. 1925. Messrs. Barkers, (Coachbuilders), 66, South Audley Street, London W.1. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. Manning. We thank you for your letter of the 31st.ult. We can believe that with a high geared axle, a chassis similar to the one we tried, could attain a speed of 70 m.p.h. As you will realise, high speed work is all a question of wind resistance. We did anticipate however that with a body such as the one we tried, the car would have been able to have exceeded 60 m.p.h. fairly comfortably. We thank you for the trouble you have taken in this matter. Yours faithfully, | ||