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).
Letter from Streamline Cars, Ltd. regarding criticisms of a draft, trials of their No.8 car, and a planned trip to the New York Motor Show.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\1\ Scan057 | |
| Date | 14th December 1931 | |
| X4484. Works COROWALLIS' WORKS, MAIDENHEAD, BERKS. TELEPHONE: MAIDENHEAD 947. TELEGRAMS: STREAMLINE, MAIDENHEAD. London Office TELEPHONES: VICTORIA 6900 (EXT. 92) TELEGRAMS: STREAMLINE, SOWEST, LONDON STREAMLINE CARS, LIMITED, (MANUFACTURERS OF THE BURNEY STREAMLINE CAR). Directors: RT. HON. LORD VERNON. SIR C. DENNISTOUN BURNEY, BART., C.M.G. MAJOR J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} S. COURTAULD, M.C., M.P. LIEUT.-COLONEL J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} BENSKIN, D.S.O., O.B.E. S.L.Courtauld. Sir H.P.Latham Bart.M.P., Please address all replies to the Company only and quote reference as under: Broadway Court, 8, Broadway, Westminster, London, S.W.1. Decr. 14th 1931. E.W.Hive Esq. Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd. Derby. Dear Mr.Hive, Many thanks for your letter of December 12th. By all means keep the paper I sent you as I do not want it back again. I should, however, be grateful of your criticisms at as early a date as possible as I have now completed the second draft and they are urging me from America to get the M.SS.{S. Smith} off as soon as possible. I should very much like to have your criticisms before I send the M.SS{S. Smith} so that if there is some point with which you do not agree or which you think ought to be put in another way, I shall be glad to amend it before it leaves. You will be interested to know that this last weekend I tried our No.8 car with the weightings got almost identical with the formula, and the improvement over the car which you tried is something quite extraordinary, and this seems to show that we are a [handwritten: 1/4] ton short of weight on our Pullman in the front. I have now decided to sail on the Berengaria on the 6th January so as to get over before the New York Motor Show closes, and it would be rather satisfactory if Mr. Rowbotham was to sail in the same ship, as I expect we could have some discussions on the way over. As I am now leaving earlier than I anticipated, | ||