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).
Explaining why 15,000-mile car tests are being run near London instead of Derby and requesting non-interference.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\1\ scan0158 | |
| Date | 14th March 1936 | |
| X500a W/S - Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} c. to GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/KW.14.3.36. 15,000 miles Tests in England. We want the 15,000 miles tests in England to be treated in the same way as the 15,000 miles tests in France. The disadvantage of being in England is that it is very easy to get into touch with the people who are running the car and ask them to express an opinion on some phenomenon which occurs in their report, before they have had time to carry out a thorough investigation. This is one of the reasons why we are not running these tests at Derby, and we should be glad if London could appreciate the point and forget these tests are going on in their vicinity. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||