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).
Letter to coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. regarding body mounting issues on chassis 38-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\1\ scan0320 | |
| Date | 27th November 1936 | |
| Copy to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dr. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RD. 304 E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}6/MN. 27th. November,1936. Messrs.Park Ward & Co., 473, High Road, Willesden, London, N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Re 38-EX Long Wheelbase Enclosed Limousine - Phantom III. With reference to your letter of the 25th.inst. concerning the modified front apron and wings shown on our Lec.5395, we note that the wings have been made up, fitted and filled ready for painting, and therefore agree to your suggestion that this experiment be left off this car in view of the delay in completion and the extra charges for the alterations which it will involve. We note that you had difficulty in mounting the body on the chassis due to the holes in the body not lining up with those in the body brackets, although the latter were left with a wide tolerance for the fitting of the Flotex bushes. We understand that you lost 2 1/2 to 3 days in modifying the body bottom side. Had it have been possible to have tried the body on when you received the chassis on November 13th. last you might have discovered the difficulty earlier. We note also that you have found in mounting the body that the position of the petrol filler is not in accordance with the print sent to you, but approximately 2" further back. We find that the chassis has been fitted with a standard petrol tank instead of the special tank with the filler fitting on the tank moved forward, and we have asked the Experimental Dept. to supply and fit a proper tank. In the meantime we suggest that you remove the standard tank to enable you to carry on. We understand that the body is already mounted and therefore our suggestion of the use of a solid attachment between the body and the dashboard cannot be incorporated without delay. We suggest therefore that it should not be carried out. | ||