Design points for bonnets and radiators, including fitting a tapered radiator to a Phantom.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\3\ Scan057 | |
| Date | 29th July 1929 | |
| S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re Bonnets & Radiators. Some little time ago, arising out of the suggestion I made, R. {Sir Henry Royce} agreed to let West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) get out some designs of bonnets and radiators, the points to achieve being:- (1) Raised side hinge without raising the centre hinge. (2) No rivets. (3) Less projection of the radiator tank above the bonnet. In connection with this matter I believe West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) asked you whether you could fit up a tapered radiator, which was believed to be in existence, for us to look at on a present Phantom. The idea was that we would modify the scuttle back to its original form to enable us to look at the car with a tapered radiator. I expect you have been so busy with other matters that it has not been possible to do very much in regard to the above, but I should be glad if you would let me know what the position is and when we could see it. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [Stamp: RECEIVED] [Handwritten notes: 12/8/04, 124, 1800, 100, 20, 45, 1'30] | ||
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).