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 issues with fitting an Olympia Show Park Ward Sedanca body onto a Phantom III chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\1\ scan0267 | |
| Date | 28th April 1936 | |
| Copy to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/PD. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} LA.{L. A. Archer} E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/MN. 28th. April,1936. Messrs. Park Ward & Co., 473, High Road, Willesden, London, N.W.10. For the attention of Mr.Ward. Dear Sirs, Re Olympia Show Park Ward Sedanca to be mounted on Chassis 37-EX. You will remember that we purchased from you your Olympia Show Phantom lll Sedanca, and we are now mounting it on chassis No.37-EX. For some reason of which we are not aware, you have made this body very narrow in width along the whole of its base, so much so that on the two front body brackets the width of bedding area is approximately 1", whilst on the remaining body brackets the area is ridiculously small. In the case of the front near side body bracket the bolt is right on the inner edge of the wood of the bottom side and the hole has broken out. As you have built previously four or five bodies for the Phantom lll chassis which were correct in this respect and in accordance with our drawing, we wonder why you have made this change which has destroyed the efficacy of our mounting. The cause of the trouble lies in the fact that above the waist-line the body side is too vertical, and below the waist-line there is too much turn-under. In fact, each pillar section needs to be leaned inwards at | ||