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).
Follow-up memo regarding the design of footwells for rear passengers on L-E Cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\1\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 27th June 1912 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. R.R. 475 (100 H) (X 896. 3.5.12) E.P. 1780. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 13 (TWO LINES). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. Mr Johnson DATE. 27.6.12. Re Wells for Rear Passengers feet on L - E Cars. TBB1/L27612. On June 19th I sent you two blue prints and a memorandum concerning the wells fitted to your London-Edinburgh type car but have not yet received your remarks thereon. The same difficulty recurs on four or five of these bodies which Messrs Holmes of Derby have in hand, and they are awaiting instructions. Will you kindly advise us if we should re-design these wells retaining the sloping board but pushing the heel-board 1" or 1 1/2" further backward as suggested in the above memorandum. [Signature] T B Barrington [Handwritten notes in left column] Car Company's Car [crossed out] x809 Replied & advised 29.6.12. [crossed out] OK Mr Barrington 28.6.12 [Handwritten notes at bottom] make the best job of this you can [Footer] This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||