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 'The Motor' magazine summarizing the contents of their January 1939 issues, including road tests and technical reviews.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan025 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1939 | |
| 1204 The Motor PROPRIETORS: TEMPLE PRESS LIMITED MANAGING DIRECTOR: ROLAND E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DANGERFIELD DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER: ROBERT ASHWORTH LONDON: 5-17 ROSEBERY AVENUE E.C.1 TELEPHONES TERMINUS 3636 (PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE) TELEGRAMS PRESSIMUS SMITH LONDON CABLES PRESSIMUS LONDON BIRMINGHAM: 61-65 NEW STREET TELEPHONES MIDLAND 4117 (5 LINES) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK BIRMINGHAM COVENTRY: 50 HERTFORD STREET TELEPHONE COVENTRY 60095 (2 LINES) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK COVENTRY MANCHESTER: 274 DEANSGATE TELEPHONE BLACKFRIARS 5038 (2 LINES) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK MANCHESTER HEAD OFFICE: 5 TO 17, ROSEBERY AVENUE, LONDON, E.C.1 M.51.MG 2nd February, 1939 W.A. Rowbotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. Dear Mr. Rowbotham, The January issues of "THE MOTOR" contained road tests dealing with a number of interesting new cars in widely differing horse power categories, as can be seen from the following table. January 3 Humber Snipe January 10 Wolseley 18-85 Saloon 8 h.p. Renault January 17 8 h.p. Singer Bantam January 24 8 h.p. Standard Drophead Coupe 25 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Limousine January 31 4-litre Darracq 14 h.p. Vauxhall The Technical Review for the month has featured Servo Transmissions, giving particulars of the Bendix, Cotal and Warner Overdrive types. New cars described included the 2½-litre Daimler with special equipment, a new 30 h.p. Ford V8 and 2-litre sports Hansa. Additionally there has been a summary of existing cars in various price fields, the January 24 issue reviewing models costing up to £150 and January 31 up to £175. The latter issue also contained an article on the economic possibilities of the ultra small car. | ||