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).
Mr. Royce's criticisms of the front seats in a Goshawk Maythorn Saloon and instructions for their replacement.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\J\November1922\ Scan112 | |
| Date | 29th November 1922 | |
| TO IHS. FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c.c. to R.R. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ✓ ORIGINAL EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} PINS LHS{Lord Herbert Scott}'S FARS BACK DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/M29.11.22. RE. 7.GOSHAWK - MAYTHORN SALOON. X3730 Mr. Royce saw this car again yesterday and commented on the very bad access to the car, due to the front seats and the dithering windscreen. These points were emphasised in our Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/M24422., when the car left the coachbuilders, but apparently no-one has been sufficiently interested in the job to have the car put right. Concerning the front seats Mr. Royce says that they are too long, too soft and flexible, and too high at the back, in fact the seat squabbing parallelograms when sat on, and the driver has no control of his position. Lastly if the brake is operated fiercely the seat runs back badly. WHEN SAT ON THIS SEAT HAS AN EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF 25" PRESENT SEAT PROPOSED SEAT NOT TOO DEEP TOP ROOM 20 Mr. Royce wishes you to fit two new front seats of the very best possible type you know of. We think these can be either the tip up type where the seat folds up against the windscreen, or the round bucket seat, capable of swivelling and sliding. (1) | ||