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).
Investigating the issue of hot air entering the driving compartment through the gear lever quadrant.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\5\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 20th September 1932 | |
| X819. S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les c. to S. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. " BY E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. " DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} PN{Mr Northey} Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}9/KW20.9.32. Heat in Driving Compartment. I have been investigating this matter from a Sales point of view and also made an examination of some cars, and I have made an interesting discovery which naturally I want to bring to your notice. It centres round the subject of preventing hot air from coming into the front compartment through the change-speed gear quadrant. In my search through our files for information on the subject I came across N.Sch. 3221 dated 13th February 1931 signed by Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} This seems to be purely and simply a scheme for preventing cold air coming into the driving compartment via the brake lever quadrant and is confirmed by Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} in a note to me written by hand dated 8.9.32. It however was accompanied by a note -BY/Cgh{W Clough}3/21.4.31 - headed "Phantom II Gas Tight Scheme For Side Lever Mechanism". These two descriptions do not seem to tally, for in the one case it is referred to by Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} as a scheme for keeping out cold air and the other as a gas tight scheme, and in the memo it says that it is intended to prevent gas passing by the side lever mechanism,where-as Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}'s remarks about this particular design read as follow:- " Where there was a complaint of cold draughts in the front of " Phantom II cars a scheme was sent for preventing cold air coming " in via the brake lever quadrant - see N.Sch.3221. That is point No.1. Point No.2. In Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les5/KT2.9.32 under the heading of 'Gear Lever and Hand Brake Lever' is a paragraph which says that there is a WW scheme for preventing air leaks at the gear lever and hand brake lever shown on F.84035. We have referred to F.84035, our copy having been issued by the Print Room at W. on August 27th 1932. This design is called 'Draught Shield around brake lever quadrant' and appears to have no reference to any design intended to keep hot air from passing through the gear lever gate. It seems to us to be merely a confirmation by means of another drawing of N.Sch.3221, and neither of these schemes is tackling the problem with which we are faced, namely, keeping hot air from coming through the gear lever gate, in fact we cannot find any scheme which deals with that particular point. Again in BY7/G12.9.32. there appear the following paragraphs - (contd) | ||