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).
Alteration of dashboards on the Phantom III and Bentley III to fit a Lucas screen wiper.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\3\ scan0183 | |
Date | 28th October 1938 | |
BY/NS{Norman Scott} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. BY/RD. c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} ------- 1125 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}15/G.28.10.38. PHANTOM 111. and BENTLEY 111. DASHBOARD. Sales Department have suggested in their memo Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}9/AH.14.10.38. that as they are now always recommending the fitting of the Lucas screen wiper on both the Phan. lll and Bentley ll, and as the Experimental Department approve of the Lucas wiper, would BY/NS.{Norman Scott} please delete the bracket and fixing at present supplied on the dashboard to carry the Klaxon type of motor, and instruct the dashboard to be altered as shewn on D.76198 for Phan. lll and DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1722 for Bentley ll, to suit the Lucas motor. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||