Specifications for various car body components and fittings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\5\ X 604 Body-page036 | |
| Date | 20th November 1936 guessed | |
| -2- Rear Wings of aluminium SWG.16 and carried entirely on the wheel arch, being attached by bolts. Front Wings to be made of aluminium SWG.16, mounted at the front end on our wing stay from the radiator, and at the rear on the wheel carrier step iron in accordance with our Lec.5262 and Lec.5187. Stone Shields. A.C. Stone Shields - latest type. Doors. Doors to be as thin as possible, and Bentley type Silent Travel Locks to be used. Front door hinged on centre pillar, and rear door on rear pillar, with outside hinges having lubricators. Rubber door stops of Bentley pattern and door check stops to the latest Bentley specification. Front and rear doors to have interior handles on lock spindle. All interior handles to be of same pattern. Glass in all doors and quarter windows to be Aero glass. Screen. Fixed screen of Triplex Laminated Glass 3/16" thick. Head. Sunshine roof of latest approved pattern fitted over the driving compartment. Special precautions to be taken in the design with a view to trying experiments concerning the leakage of water, roof rattles and wind noises. Division. Rising division of Park Ward Latest pattern, the glass being housed in the roof when not forming a division. Front Seat. Cushions and squab to be of the latest design of Laytex construction as approved by the Sales Dept. Drawer for tools under front seat with access from the near side. Side armrests on doors with adjustment. Rear Seat. Rear seat to be of maximum possible width. Cushions and squab to be of latest construction as approved by Sales. Folding centre armrest with fixed side armrests. Contd: | ||
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).