Specification of coachwork for a Park Ward Continental Touring Saloon on a Wide Frame 25.HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\3\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 24th November 1933 guessed | |
| PARK WARD CONTINENTAL TOURING SALOON. WIDE FRAME 25.HP. ROLLS ROYCE. SPECIFICATION OF COACHWORK. CHASSIS. Wide frame 25.HP. R-R. {Sir Henry Royce} Untarnishable finish. Full details of the chassis are given on the drawing supplied. TYPE OF BODY. FOUR DOOR FOUR LIGHT CONTINENTAL TOURING SALOON. See design Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} S.104. SEATING. Two sliding bucket seats in front on light type Leveroll fittings. The seats to be the same shape as fitted to the Bentley Saloon and of the same construction. Patch pockets. Rear seat to accommodate three people. Cushions and squab to be of the lightest construction as on Bentley. Folding centre armrest and side arm rests on the doors. FRAMING. The ash frame should be of the same light construction as used on the Bentley bodies, and even lighter where possible. The rear wheel arches will be supplied by R-R Ltd., Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} S.103. shews the 1/4 Scale Layout of the body and Chassis. DOORS. Four doors hung on the centre pillars. Concealed hinges. Metal door stops. Doors to be no thicker than those of the Bentley Saloon and to have the same fittings. All four doors to be fitted with the Fisher Ventilating Scheme. Glass to be .187.ins. Triplex. HEAD. Panelled. with sunshine roof. No water gutter over the doors. Roof to be flush when closed. WINDSCREEN. Fixed single piece screen of Triplex Glass .187.ins. thick. No screen channel to shew from the inside. Dual Klaxon Electrical Screen Wiper at the base of the screen. Buick Type interior sun visors. SCUTTLE VENTILATION. Tope scuttle ventilator. Lever operation. WINGS. Front and rear wings to be finished as far as possible and finally fitted and mounted by yourselves at Derby. Wings to have adequate stone shields, and mud lips. Steps to match up with the sweep of the front wings, panelled and having rubber strip to match the paintwork. FLOORS. Floor in front as indicated will be supplied by Derby. Rear sunken floor to be in aluminium and lined with wood. Great care must be exe(Aero Engine)rcised to make sure that access is possible to the rear shock absorbers, the battery, the shaft universal joints and the retrol tank fittings. INSTRUMENT BOARD. This will be sent to you as a design later. Itwill be like Bentley. The scuttle rail must be out up in between the screen wiper boxes to give a clear view of all the instruments. | ||
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).