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).
Request to trial an external windscreen defrosting scheme on chassis 1.B.50.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\3\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 12th January 1939 | |
| γ 1158. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.5/MH.{M. Huckerby}12.1.39. We wish to try out on 1.B.50 chassis, a scheme for defrosting windscreen by means of an external instead of an internal defroster, i.e. take warm air from under the bonnet and distribute it over the windscreen. Will you please carry out the necessary work on 1.B.50 to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std's verbal instructions - this involves cutting slots in the dash and scuttle and making the necessary sheet metal ducting to connect them. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||