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 a director at Peto & Radford giving initial impressions on a newly fitted Lucas magneto.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\2\ Scan120 | |
| Date | 5th July 1926 | |
| X.8593 Works, Dagenham Dock, Essex TELEPHONE VICTORIA 3667. 5 LINES. PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE. TELEGRAMS CONCENTRATION, SOWEST, LONDON. Manufacturers of P&R Accumulators. Established 1889 PETO & RADFORD Proprietors - Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company Ltd. 50 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, S.W.1 DIRECTORS: SIR ARCHIBALD C. GOLD F.C. GRAHAM MENZIES G.R.N. MINCHIN WILLIAM PETO C.R.D. PRITCHETT T.W. PRITCHETT. YOUR REF. _______ OUR REF. M/5. 5th July 1926. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Fowler Clark Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Fowler Clark, You asked me to let you know as soon as I had got the Lucas magneto fitted to my car and what my impressions of it were. It is now fitted and of course it is very early to say anything but my first impressions are extremely favourable. The engine certainly runs very well on it and I think that there is less difference observable when running on it and then switching on to both ignitions than there was previously, and there seems very little doubt but that it is quieter. However, it has only done a few hundred miles and one cannot say very much yet. Yours sincerely, G.R.N. Minchin | ||