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).
Sending an Essex Terraplane car for testing, noting its engine's smoothness and a noisy back axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\6\ Scan117 | |
| Date | 23th January 1934 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}14/MJ.23.1.34. Re. Essex Terraplane. We are sending this car to Lillie Hall tomorrow so that you can have an opportunity of trying it. As we have pointed out in all our reports, the only item of interest on this car is the smoothness and silence of the engine. The back axle has got more noisy recently. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||