Unsuitability of radiator blanking plates for American driving conditions due to temperature fluctuations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\1\ scan0296 | |
| Date | 23th April 1920 | |
| X3653 COPY. To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} To CJ from Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} To Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} To EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} To EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} To EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr.Humpston. (.U.S.A. Dept.) Received 8 May. no action taken by Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Rolls-Royce of America, Inc. 707, City, Realty. Building. Springfield, Mass. Oy4/M 23.4.20. April, 23rd. 1920. To Mr. Barrington. Copy to Mr. Nadin. From Mr. Olley. x.3678. Re Radiator Blanking Plates. x.3653. The Radiator blanking plates, sent over on cars from England, are, we think, not quite suitable to American driving conditions. During the last two months we have had sudden and repeated changes of temperature, of 20° or so, from day to day. Under these conditions the average driver will not find time to alter the blanking plates each day. On old cars at the service station, we have used for a considerable time a leather cover for the front of the radiator which is rei sprung into 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).