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).
The painting process for wings on an open touring body, specifically regarding colour matching Rover Brown cellulose paint.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\January1929-February1929\ Scan166 | |
| Date | 19th February 1929 | |
| HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL. FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} ORIGINAL SECRET DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/M19.2.29. Copy to CX{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}/HN{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} OPEN TOURING BODY FOR 23-EX. X7390 X7830 Thank you for HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL2/LG12229. & HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL1/LG6229. The reason we require the wings to be returned to the Carlton Carriage Co. of Waldo Rd. Willesden. N.W. 10., after they have been completely fitted, for them to be painted rather than let Sanderson & Holmes do the work, is that these wings are to be painted cellulose Rover Brown to match the mouldings on the body. It is a well known fact that unless the base coats upon which the cellulose is applied are the same in the case of the mouldings and the wings the resulting shade of brown in the case of each would be different. This is due to cellulose lacquer not being opaque but more or less a coloured transparency. In the case of black wings, black is black more or less the world over. We must therefore ask you to send the wings back to the Carlton Carriage Co., and we will return them to you in about 2 or 3 days. We will inform you in the course of a day or two when the body is ready for collection. If you wish your inspector to come and measure up the body we think he should do so any time now. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||