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).
Use of P.80 lamps with taller brackets to alter the appearance of headlamps to match the 40/50 model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179\1\ img136 | |
| Date | 28th November 1931 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} RECEIVED 3 DEC 1931 LIDORIGINAL DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}6/W28.11.31. X5800. 20-G-4. HEADLAMPS. We are sending you a pair of P.80. lamps with Lucas/Graves dippers. We would like these to be used on taller headlamp brackets so as to create an appearance more like the front view of the 40/50. We think the brackets should be raised * by lengthening the tube. We are proposing this modification as standard at some subsequent date. * We have sent By a sketch showing the lamps. - on Saturday last! DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||