Correspondence dated 22 April 1955

Summary

An item from the surviving correspondence of William John Sands.

Historical context

This item forms part of the surviving William John Sands correspondence and is dated 22 April 1955. It is preserved in the William John Sands Family Archive as evidence of Sands’s professional work and relationships. The accompanying transcript was produced by machine OCR and should be checked against the original scan before being treated as a definitive reading.

Catalogue description

Original correspondence scan imported from the Sands and Ferguson family archive. Source file: 19550422b.jpg.

Machine transcript — unreviewed

Yhetby Ferpudon Miscrch 0) 4 sh t <a) both up and down. If, for example, we stop, and pull the hand-brake on hard, and stand on the accelerator, the car will not move but we have so designed the converter that the engine will rev. up to whatever revs. we wish, which is now fixed at its maximum h.p., but not above that. If you now take off the hand-brake, and keep the throttle open, you have maximum h.p. on the back wheels right up to the speed at which the cardan shaft catches up with the crankshaft speed. I think we have the only converter in the world which will give a genuine 1 : 1, or something so close to it that the difference isn't worth mentioning. In achieving this so far we have made a design with which the most feeble driver can beat any other car of the same size, even if the other driver makes a racing change with all its physical effort and strain on the mechanism. We do this without need to touch any lever. . I am sorry to say, however, we have not yet got over all the other detail problems in perfecting what we have got but our hopes are now very high that, in a matter of a few weeks, or months, we shall be at the end of the road. Now, without giving me any details of your device, could you feel free to give me some information which would make a comparison between what your device would do as compared with ours? We may be able.to make ours as cheaply as the ordinary clutch and gearbox but I doubt it. I think there would be a few pounds difference. JOHN PEACOCK. Further to my previous remarks on the recognition of the long, hard years we worked together, I am glad to tell you that John is making good progress. I believe that we now see a way to do what I would like to do. Of course, whatever we do will be done with the consent of the taxation authorities but it is a very complicated business and we have to consult the best Accountants, the best lawyers, and the best Cofinsel in London, ll this is going forward quietly and I hope that, within a few months, T news for you, ’ 9 may have some good CONTINUATION SHEET NO. Be > =