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).
Bonnet clearance, rubber buffers and the value of an engine-mounted radiator.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\1\ Scan076 | |
| Date | 15th July 1932 guessed | |
| -2- The bonnet clearance is normal. The only alteration to standard on the car is the fitting of a rubber buffer on the dash, either side, to cushion the bonnet movement under the worst conditions. These are not in compression and in no way interferes with the shutting of the bonnet. We now state that in England the value of the radiator mounted on the engine would be very little. In France 50% as previously reported, for all round results, as you would state, Owners do not go looking for bad road. [Signature] G.W.H. Hancock G.W.H. | ||