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).
Criticisms and comments on a body design for project 9.B.5.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0139 | |
| Date | 27th August 1938 | |
| To BY.. from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} 40# Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}6/N.27.8.38. Re: Body for 9.B.5. ----------------- We give below our comments on Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}13/AH.25.8.38 addressed to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} and attached herewith. You will note that the body is to be like our PD.206 except for the front wings, and these are to resemble those on the attached prints. Our criticisms are as follows:- 1. The short wing causes the wheel well to be partially out of the wing. 2. We do not think the horizontal wing valance, similar to that on 1.B.3. is as good as the reverse sweep on the body panel and a long wing as shewn on PD.206 (herewith), and illustrated in pencil on the blueprint from Messrs.Park Ward. 3. The nose of the front wings should be carried forward to the dimension of 19.600" from the wheel centre line as shewn on PD.206 to mask the fact that the radiator has moved forward some 5.000" from B.2. We have just heard that the body for the second B.III. (8.B.5) weighs 130 lbs or 1 cwt.0.18 lbs. more than that for 7.B.5. the first B.III. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||