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).
The general running performance and characteristics of a car, comparing it to an American model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\1\ scan0039 | |
| Date | 8th March 1917 | |
| Contd. -8- Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}1/NJ2 8.3.17. ---------- The steering is not quite irreversible. The Car generally runs very nicely as regards the engine power and smoothness. It accelerates very well and is fast. The hill climbing is good and the car will hang on to top gear at quite slow speeds. The engine starts remarkably easily by the self starter, even from stone cold and without flooding or priming. More observations on the general behaviour on the road can be made when the car has been run some distance, as at present it has been run very little. When it is driven down to St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} Margaret's Bay a report can be made as to its running qualities. Everything about the car is typically American with its sheet metal work and block enamel. It is not at all in the same class as our own product, but at the same time is interesting, particularly as regards the running of the engine. Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} | ||