Specifications for vehicle body components including seating, luggage, lighting, and fittings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\5\ X 604 Body-page111 | |
| Date | 6th April 1937 guessed | |
| -3- Rear Seat. Rear seat to be of maximum possible width. Cushions and squab to have spring cases with Laytex and padded overlay, and to compressed dimensions given. The rear cushion to have a two-position peg adjustment as shown on LoC.5289. Folding centre arm rest and fixed side arm rests. Floor and Seat Boards. The body floorboards and the seatboards to be of Rhino cork plywood. Luggage. Rear flap in panel to fold down to form a luggage carrier. Flap to be held closed by Silent Travel catch on each side operated by a central key. Reduced weight of flap essential. Dust exclusion in the compartment to be adequately catered for. Tail Lamp, Number Plate, Etc. Cornercroft combined number plate, stop lamp and rear lamp in position drawn on LoC.5267. Reverse lamp to have 3 amps. bulb and mauve tell-tale lamp in instrument board. Scuttle Attachment. Prints to follow later. - Cater for scuttle isolation and solid mounting. Bead on top of front edge to scuttle to approved pattern to mask the back edge of the bonnet. Instrument Board. Plywood board with veneered face. All extra switches of R.R. approved design having identification markings. Screen Wiper. Dual Klaxon in bottom screen rail with maximum angle of wipe. Motor to be mounted on the off-side of the front of the dash R.R.Ltd. Screen rail capping to be cut up between the wiper box to give the greatest ease of vision of the instruments. Steps. Platform steps to be of aluminium SW.14 with a light wooden board beneath. Tread to consist of latest approved pattern of rubber. Packings of light sheet metal on the step irons to be provided. | ||
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).