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).
Difficulties of fitting chassis instruments from the back and recommending alterations.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\J\January1923\ Scan87 | |
| Date | 19th January 1923 | |
| TO DJ. & EY. FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ORIGINAL R1/M19.1.23. RE. CHASSIS INSTRUMENTS. X4163 X4067 The instruments on the board need only be fitted at the front where there are connections to make which are at all difficult, or likely to be wrongly made. For instance there is no reason in this world for the clock to be fitted from the back, also it is always more difficult to make a decent finish to the fixing if the instrument is put in from the back than if put in from the front. There are also fittings in which the advantage of putting in from the back would be very small indeed. These are the mixture and throttle controls, so that it narrows itself into our switchbox as being the chief sinner, the fitting of which should be altered as early as possible. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RECEIVED JAN 22 1923 | ||