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).
Design points for car bodies, addressing complaints about touring bodies being too low and bonnet proportions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\3\ scan0040 | |
| Date | 27th March 1920 | |
| Contd. -2- Sp{Mr Spinney}2/HW27.3.20. legs under the scuttle. (2) The fact that the sides of the body can be made higher without clashing with the lines of the bonnet. This is most important, as we receive so many complaints due to the touring bodies being too low at the sides. (3) Possibility of using a smaller wind-screen. (4) Appearance generally on all cars as the body, front wings, etc. are inclined to make the Rolls-Royce bonnet look too small in proportion to the complete car. Attached memo Sp{Mr Spinney}8/HW25.3.20, approved by L.H.S.{Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} [Watermark text: CROXLEY BOND P-1804 MADE AT CROXLEY] | ||