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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).
Cablegram from Detroit comparing Straight Eight and Vee Eight engine characteristics.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img208
Date  5th February 1934
  
Form No. 6.
U.S.A.
WESTERN UNION
(THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY)
CABLEGRAM
BIRMINGHAM,
1. BROAD ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} CHAMBERS.
TELEPHONE
CENTRAL 2854.
TELEX
CENTRAL 2850.
ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS.
BMHU15 DETROIT MICH 72 1/35(5)
1934 FEB 5 AM 9 51
NLT ROYCAR DERBY
ROLLS ROYCE LDS
NIGHTINGALE ROAD
DERBY
HIVES STRAIGHT EIGHT SMOOTHER SIMPLER SILENCING CARBURETION AND AUXILIARY DRIVES LESS COSTLY EASIER INSTALLATION STOP VEE EIGHT LIGHTER MORE COMPACT CONSIDER LINE EIGHT UNDOUBTEDLY PREFERABLE PLYMOUTH EXAMPLE OF SMOOTH SIX WITH GOOD
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  


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