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 Briggs Cunningham discussing an upcoming meeting to compare a Buick with a new chassis, and mentioning the Le Mans race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\2\ img328 | |
| Date | 3rd August 1937 | |
| Rml/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 3rd August, 1937. Briggs Cunningham, Esq., Royal Squadron Yacht, c/o Motor Yacht "Alice", COWES, I.O.W. Dear Briggs Cunningham, Many thanks for your letter of August 1st. I shall look forward to seeing you on Thursday next. You do not say whether you will be able to stay with me on Thursday night, I hope so? I hope you will bring your Buick along because I would like to compare its performance with the one we have here. Having once established the sort of accelera- tion you have already got, we can tell you whether we can give you something to beat it. I note that you refer to our 'new chassis'. I am not sure to what you are referring, but do not be disappointed if I cannot show you all our experimental developments. I thought that Lagondas put up a very good show at Le Mans even though they did not win. I wish that our Administration had allowed us to enter. Yours very sincerely, | ||