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).
Alternative design for the car's tool kit, from a three-fold to a two-fold satchel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\2\ scan0149 | |
| Date | 9th September 1919 | |
| X 1027 To DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to CJ. " " BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} " " EH. " " BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} " " EFC. R6/G1/9/19. X.3834 RE TOOL KIT. As an alternative for the tool kit for the car, I think we might arrange to get the tools easily stowed in a two-fold satchel instead of a three-fold. This could be fitted with handles like a bag, and would be easier to lift out and open. This would be somewhat after the style of a brief bag as recommended by Sir Hercules Langlish. Considering the increase in handiness and the fact that it ought not to take more than half the leather, I am sure it would be worth while experimenting with. The present arrangement is unhandy, and requires too much ground to lay it out; it is irritating. I should be glad to know that the present folder, at the present price of leather, costs. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||