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).
Page 4 of a report on vehicle construction, covering jigs, subframe mounting, sealing, and door adjustments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\8\ Scan149 | |
| Date | 2nd May 1929 guessed | |
| contd :- -4- jigs consisting of a dashboard, steering column and frame side members so that they can work more accurately. (8) The seats are mounted on the subframe through the coachwork construction. (9) The floor is not sunk on the present subframe. (10) We find no difficulty in making an admirable seal with our present semi isolation scheme; a thick spriti strip of sorbo sheet rubber filling in the space between the bolts all round the dash. (11) The precautions taken in (7) enable the coachbuilders to adjust the door openings. We attach a report from Mr. Lidsey on some of the difficulties we have had with subframes. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||