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).
Instructions to remove an experimental silencer from car GBT-24, and the decision not to fit a resonance silencer on GBT-9.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0125 | |
| Date | 13th July 1932 | |
| S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X7960 Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}9/H.13.7.32. [STAMP] RECEIVED 1932 JUL Re: Car No. GBT-24. In reply to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/MJ.12.7.32, we have instructed Cricklewood to remove the experimental silencer and replace its own and have same ready when your car calls tomorrow (Thursday) on its way from Brooklands to Derby. We do not propose to take any further action with regard to putting a/resonance silencer on GBT-9. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||