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).
Arranging a competitive vehicle trial against a 3 1/2 litre Hotchkiss Paris-Nice Model at Brooklands Track.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\1\ scan0187 | |
| Date | 12th April 1935 | |
| W/S - Bly.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} 43531 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/KW.12.4.35. Trial of 3 1/2 litre Hotchkiss Paris-Nice Model. ------------------- Thank you for Bly{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales}/15R11.4.35. I should very much like to try this car on Wednesday of next week if this could be arranged. I should like to meet the car at Brooklands Track about 12 o'clock and we could then arrange a test to our mutual satisfaction. I should propose to bring an Experimental car down fitted with a 7:1 head, as being representative of the model which we are selling to compete with the Hotchkiss. Many thanks for the interest you have taken in this matter. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||