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 Ethyl Export Corporation regarding the procurement of horsepower curves for Buick and Lincoln Zephyr cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\3\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 16th November 1938 | |
| CABLEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, LONDON. TELEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, SOWEST. 1049 ETHYL EXPORT CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware, U.S.A. with limited liability. THAMES HOUSE, MILLBANK LONDON, S.W.1 Telephone: VICTORIA 1441 OUR REFERENCE FRB/BB YOUR REFERENCE Rml/R.12.11.38 Head Office: 405, LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK, U.S.A 16th November, 1938. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Experimental Department, Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, Many thanks for your letter of the 12th November enclosing horsepower curve of our Buick compared with that of a production Bentley. I will try and get the further details you require as soon as possible but I am leaving for Germany tonight and the car is away to-day. However, I will leave word with Goodacre to get this done and forward them to you. I will try and get hold of a Lincoln Zephyr. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, Rod Banks | ||