Request to modify the defroster louvres for supplying under-bonnet air to the outside of the windscreen.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\3\ scan0039 | |
| Date | 7th February 1939 | |
| γ 1158 To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 5/MH. {M. Huckerby} 7.2.39. 1.B.50 DEFROSTER. Will you please make a slight modification to the louvres for supplying under bonnet air to the outside of the windscreen on 1.B.50 to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /ABR {A. B. Roberts} 's verbal instructions. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||
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).