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The design of the 40/50 radiator and bonnet, considering its thick appearance and the driver's view.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66a\4\  scan0247
Date  1st March 1927
  
To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
c. to BJ. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}

X.8250

R6/M22. 3.27.

40/50 RADIATOR AND BONNET. X. 8250
X. 8260

I am awaiting an improved design, principally to avoid the very thick appearance of the radiator.

You will remember that the other alterations are not approved - i.e. high shoulders, unless someone can see other advantages than appearance, which I think it does not improve, or it would be worse for drivers view.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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).


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