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).
Instrument board and chassis specifications for the left-hand drive car body 2-J. 3.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 178\3\ img170 | |
| Date | 18th May 1932 | |
| ORIGINAL See me FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EVL/M18.5.32. C. to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re. 2-J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} 3. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} x5230 The body for 2-J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} 3. will be completed soon. We need information to enable us to produce the instrument board, as this body is being made to suit a L. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} drive chassis. One suggestion is that we might hand the R.{Sir Henry Royce} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} instrument board as fitted to 1-J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} 3., the framed patch of instruments being in the centre, with the clock and speedometer having changed places, and the main switch on the L. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} side of the steering column. We would be glad to have your remarks. Derby should note that the chassis should be built left-handed. We are expecting the petrol tank filler to be on the R.{Sir Henry Royce} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} side, and the spare wheel on the L. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} side, looking at the chassis forward from behind DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||