Necessity of fitting ventilating shutters to polished bonnets on 40/50 HP cars to prevent overheating.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\3\ scan0088 | |
| Date | 24th September 1924 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. Copy to.....By. BJ7/H24.9.24. X1085 Ventilating Shutters to Polished Bonnets on 40/50 H.P. I understand that in the past we have not fitted ventilating shutters to polished bonnets of 40/50 h.p. cars. As you are now considering the overheating of the 40/50 h.p. engine, you will doubtless be reconsidering this point, as if a shutter is necessary on a painted bonnet, it is equally necessary on a polished bonnet, as we never know which of our customers may be going to use his car for mountain climbing abroad. B.J. | ||
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).