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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).
Comparing straight-eight, V8, and six-cylinder engines, clutches, and competitor models.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img362
Date  19th February 1934 guessed
  
Hives straight eight smoother easier to silence. Carburet jet auxiliaries and install less costly also. Vee eight lighter & more compact. Consider line eight works. Plymouth example of smooth six with good performance for ca six hundred dollars worth investigating. Big cars reverting to mechanically efficient single plate clutches knee action promising but still suffering from teething troubles Particularly steering. Remaining Detroit until fourteenth Robotham
  
  


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