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List of observations and suggested improvements for a vehicle's bodywork and interior fittings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 41\3\  Scan206
Date  29th August 1922 guessed
  
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(7) My impression is that the foot rest and tool box as on No.4. is about right - one does not get a good box if made and used as in Mulliners - (No.6. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11.)
(8) Most of the ordinary tools should be carried under the front seat, in tray.
(9) The drivers seats should be rather set up tight cushions as in No.4. - these are excellent with the exception of being hard to get in place (need refitting).
(10) Instrument boardsare being re-arranged, a drawing of which has been sent.
(11) The part of the windscreen that must be open during rain should be divided into two, as on some 40/50s I have had. This on No.6. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) (Mulliner) is badly controlled when open (too much torsional elasticity - O.K. on No.4.)
(12) There is no need in my experience for dashboard ventilator. If these are used they should have better fitting; they complicate and encumber the instrument board. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) is not a hot engine compared with the 40/50, and pedals etc. are close fitting.
(13) Wiring, lamps, valances, and mudguards should be at least as neatly and efficiently arranged as on No.4. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)).

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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