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).
Instruction to fit a rubber buffer on the dash to prevent bonnet knocks and test two new hard rubbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\1\ img194 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1931 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.3/KT.3.11.31. 25-EX. Will you please fit Scheme 1517, a rubber buffer on the dash to prevent bonnet knocks. The side hinge and plug E.82429 is not required. We have 2 very hard rubbers which we should like to test on this car. There should be no more than .025 clearance between the rubber E.82428 and the packing piece E.82427. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||