Sourcing and types of windscreens for the Phantom model, comparing English and Continental practices.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 23\3\ Scan096 | |
| Date | 1st December 1926 | |
| "Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} " Derby X1087 Ps1/JP.1/12/26 RE PHANTOM WINDSCREEN. Your memo "Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 3/LG29/11/26 to hand. I think I know the kind of screen you mean, but it is rather difficult to lay hands on the actual makers. I think on the Continent the Coachmaker is more or less responsible for it, he building the screen into the body. It is less of an accessory than in England. I think the attached illustration of an Hispano with an "AUSTER" wind shield is the type of thing you want, but here again the Coachmaker would be compelled to do quite a lot of special work. The other model " KAP" of which I enclose illustration appears to be more of an accessory and is fitted by means of an apron arrangement. Sorry I cannot do more for you in this respect. Ps. Parr. ENCLOSURE No 261 "JUSTSO" | ||
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).