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Query about a modification to Phantom instrument boards to prevent cracked glass.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 105\2\  scan0042
Date  5th February 1931
  
Copy
X5530
to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Patch Instrument Boards, sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 12/E14.4.31. Y7530 85530.
Copy to Bv. Phantom.

There is a Standardisation Sheet dated 5.2.31, no.7530/5530, which has come before me for completion, in regard to fitting plain glass with reflectors stuck on to prevent complaints of cracked glasses.

The point I cannot quite understand is that on the back it says: "For Repairs only".

Would you please let me know what action is being or has been taken to introduce this modification on production?

The extra cost is given as 12/2 per car for repairs only, but surely on production plain glass would actually be cheaper than that with the holes drilled.

sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
  
  
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