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 discussing car performance in the Alps, the cost of a replacement radiator, and the effect of continental petrol quality on engine cooling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\4\ Scan141 | |
| Date | 1st August 1924 | |
| - 2 - RECEIVED It is only be this means that you will be able to test the Car with the conditions under which it is normally used. Mr. Nicholls, in writing us about this particular matter, mentions that he has driven several R.R. Cars in the Alps with all possible care without a single instance in which the water has not boiled. The cost of the new radiator is noted from My/Rns4/Mac{Mr Macintosh}/16.LM/BJl1.8.24. but of course no mention is maded for the standard radiator which will be received back and which you can use again. We are pleased to note that it will probably not be necessary to go to the expense of fitting a new bonnet. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} P.S. B.J. also raises the point as to whether the inferior quality of petrol obtainable on the Continent would effect the cooling. | ||