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).
Telegram from Royce regarding the unsatisfactory performance of car 49GB, with instructions for engine modifications and preparation for a ten thousand mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M11\ img212 | |
| Date | 17th September 1919 | |
| 49GB V ORIGINAL UNSATY CONFIRMATION OF TELEGRAM. I.H. ROYCAR DERBY. L.2631 L.364/B. HIVES 49GB VERY UNSATISFACTORY AFTER CLEARING MINOR FAULTS ENGINE HARSH PROBABLY DUE TO SET CONNECTING RODS ALSO IMPULSES VERY MANIFEST PROBABLY DUE TO UNWISELY HIGH COMPRESSION AND RIGID CONNECTION BETWEEN SCUTTLE AND DASH STOP NO ONE SHOULD SEE IT IN PRESENT STATE STOP SUGGEST CHANGING IT WITHOUT DELAY SEE LETTER STOP IT APPEARS TO STAND EXTRA OIL ALWAYS STOP PUSH FORWARD EXPERIMENTALLY CYLINDER OILING VIA RODS AND REDUCE COMPRESSION BY REDUCING THICKNESS OF PISTON TOPS STOP GET READY GOOD CAR WITH EVERYTHING FOR NEW TEN THOUSAND MILE TEST. ROYCE. | ||