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).
Car 48-MS for the London Continental Trials, detailing collection and a lack of improvement on boom issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\4\ Scan006 | |
| Date | 17th January 1933 | |
| W/S. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 87960. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 8/KT.17.1.33. 48-MS. LONDON CONTINENTAL TRIALS. With reference to Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}2/KW.17.1.33. There will be no difficulty about collecting this car on Friday afternoon. We regret to say that up to the present we can see little prospect of effecting much improvement in the booms complained of. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||