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).
Specification sheet detailing various car components, materials, and fittings.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0018 | |
Date | 18th December 1937 guessed | |
-3- STEPS. Sheet aluminium, on plywood base, and covered with sheet rubber, the latter to be of the lightest available type. (Submit samples please). BACK LIGHT. Triplex Toughened Glass 3/16 thick, and fitted with a concealed blind, operated from the driving seat. INSTRUMENT BOARD. Plywood board with veneered face. Arrangement of instruments as drawn. DIRECTION INDICATORS. Concealed in centre pillars and operated by a time controlled switch on the scuttle rail. FLOORS. Floor heights to be according to the drawings supplied and the floor construction to follow that indicated in the designs - heel wells to pivotted lid{A. J. Lidsey} to close when desired. INTERIOR WOODWORK. Concealed type finishes to doors, but not with concealed fixings - woodwork to choice. VISORS AND MIRROR. Two Park Ward light sun visors with interior flat mirror. CARPET. To choice. SCUTTLE RAIL LIGHT. Latest approved type, as used by Sales. SCUTTLE VENTILATION. Standard Bentley Top scuttle ventilator, provided with a tray. ANTI NOISE TREATMENT. Dashboard to be treated with Seapak supplied by RR.Ltd., and covered with carpet according to the standard design. All floors, seat boards, and boot floors to have layer of ½" felt with a thin layer of rubber attached to its upper face under the carpet. Body panels to be treated with mastic where deemed necessary by the coachbuilder. Weight of damping material not to exceed 8 lbs. FOG LAMP. Supplied and fitted by Works. | ||