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).
The design of a louvred bonnet and scuttle for a 25HP 'U' Series Special Touring Saloon.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\1\ Scan053 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1931 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} X5992 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/M2.9.31. Copy to - SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 25HP. - 'U' SERIES. SPECIAL TOURING SALOON. X.5120 X.1085 X.5992 We believe Sales will require this model of car to have a louvred bonnet from the point of view of appearance. You are fitting to the car for R.{Sir Henry Royce} a rivetless bonnet, and we would like the side panels of this to be louvred out of the .104" aluminium, and to have no stiffeners. We are putting extractor louvres on the scuttle to match the bonnet louvres, which we assume will be to drawings 7.55391/2. Fresh air will be fed to the scuttle from below the sloping floor, and outside of the frame. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||