Rear end of an 'SS' Chassis and the choice between Lucas and German-made electric windscreen wipers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 13\5\ Spare05-page042 | |
| Date | 12th February 1929 | |
| X7600 2 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Rear End of "SS {S. Smith} " Chassis. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 1/E12.2.29 X. Referring to Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 5/M15.1.29 I should be glad if you would kindly let me know how this matter now stands. I should like to discuss this particular point with you before you go to Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) as it is a point which we are anxious to get straightened out, and I should like to make sure that you appreciate our views on the subject before seeing R. {Sir Henry Royce} X4478 Another point that I should like to discuss with you before you go is the question of the electric windscreen wipers, as I do feel very strongly, and I am sure you must agree, that it would be a great pity if we had to recommend and adopt a German made article. I have seen a recent memo. from R. {Sir Henry Royce} in which he also refers to the Lucas one, and I am very keen that we should strain every effort to get the Lucas one made satisfactorily for us if at present it is not good enough, and I believe I can do this if as suggested in my Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 1/M22.1.29 I were to take the matter up with Mr.Oliver Lucas, but I do not want to do so until I have a report about the present one. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||
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).