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).
Requesting to borrow a Duesenberg car for testing on known roads to Derby.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\1\ scan0056 | |
| Date | 14th September 1929 | |
| V353 filing To C. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} 4/MJ.14.9.29. DUSENBERG. --------- With reference to C4/C13.9.29. We shall be very interested to try this car. We wonder whether it would be possible to borrow it for a day so that it could be run up to Derby. Trying cars over known test roads enables accurate data to be obtained. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||