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} | ||