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).
Poor instrument illumination on a Trials 20/25 saloon compared to the superior illumination found on a Terraplane car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan342 | |
| Date | 29th January 1934 | |
| S/W HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/WST WST r6051 To Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}, from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}4/E29.1.34 On the Terraplane car I found that, when I put on the side lamps, the speedometer was illuminated from the interior. This is a very good and attractive feature. What have we done about it? Our illumination of instruments even with the latest scheme is still definitely bad. I drove home yesterday evening on our Trials 20/25 saloon which I think has the latest scheme. The small instruments are well lit but the clock and speedometer are well lit for about one-third of the dial. The clock is not so important of course as the speedometer. Have we shown the people who make our speed-ometers the one on the Terraplane? If not, we should do so and get them to give us something at least as good. How soon can we have it? Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||