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).
Observations on French steel body construction and the superior durability of American custom-built bodies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\2\ scan0211 | |
| Date | 14th January 1935 | |
| -2- HA/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}15/KW.14.1.35. The most noticeable difference that we could observe was that the French use steel front wings and also panel their bodies in steel with the exception of the doors. We do think that the condition of these two cars provides an opportunity for officials from English coachbuilding companies to see why we say that American custom built bodies stand up better than our own. HA/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||