New traffic indicator sample from Lucas, its robust construction, and issues with its non-standard bulb.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\6\ img021 | |
| Date | 31th August 1934 | |
| 86073. -> Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst. at W. c to Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} c to Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} TRAFFIC INDICATORS. Hn {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} 19/I/31-8-34. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst4/MA.30-8-34. We were recently shewn a sample of the new traffic indicator by Lucas which is probably the one you saw. It was of far more robust construction than the others we have seen and, at our request, was shewn to the leading Coachbuilders. It required we remember a non-standard bulb, which was something of a disadvantage, and when we saw it Lucas could give no idea of when it would be in production; in fact they could not supply a sample pair for us to test, although they promised to send along a pair as soon as they became available. We shall be glad to hear in due course what you think of those you are obtaining. Hn. {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||
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).