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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).
Letter discussing travel plans, the shipping of competitor cars, and a theory on valve spring failures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\2\  img219
Date  27th February 1934 guessed
  
I am on my way to Langley Field and after that I shall go to New York, then back to Detroit for a few days before sailing. I have a telegramme from Olley, the Cadillac 16 can be shipped on April 1st, The LaSalle April 15 or 16th. The discount on the sixteen is 30% on the LaSalle 26%. I shall at least get a comparison between the LaSalle and the new small Buick before I leave Detroit. I feel that the exceptional cold must have had something to do with the valve spring failures and hope that you will be able to reproduce
  
  


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