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).
Standardisation sheet for a design alteration to flap-type bonnet ventilator shutter pivots.
| Identifier | Morton\M9\ img003 | |
| Date | 14th July 1931 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}6/MJ.14.7.31. ORIGINAL X.7260. X.1085. STANDARDISATION SHEET. FLAP TYPE BONNET VENTILATORS. We have moved the pivot of the shutters .250" nearer the centre than on the bonnet which was originally examined at W.W. and criticised on account of the difficulty in opening the shutters. The alteration made the operation quite easy and the design was approved by Sales. Owing to the urgency of getting this fitted to the show cars this position of pivot is being adhered to for production. Any further alteration to design will mean that it will not be possible to incorporate this fitting on cars for this years show. We can make up a bonnet experimentally having centrally pivoted shutters with a view to putting it into production at a later date if considered an improvement. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.J.Lidsey. | ||