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).
Seeking clarification on instrument panel specifications, including colour and features, for various experimental car models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\7\ Scan089 | |
| Date | 12th December 1928 | |
| To DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Ex HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X7530 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/LG5.12.28. INSTRUMENTS. X7530 X5530 We should like some more information about instruments. In DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}5/M28.11.28 you say 20 EX. is to be fitted with standard type grouped instruments. We presume that this does not mean one of the RR. patches but an arrangement that the coachbuilders have standardised such as that on 16-EX. In this case will the back-ground be black or white i.e., do we require standard or cream faced instruments? We should like this information about all the cars. We find that 14-G-4 instrument panel is black. We presume therefore that you intended cream instruments for this car but cannot trace having had the information. We are therefore somewhat stung because we had prepared black faced instruments. Can you tell us what to get for 16-G-4, also 21, 22, and 23-EX? Will the telegauges be included in the patches, also the green light? This is invisible from the drivers seat on 18-EX. Are any more festoon lamps to be used like the one on 18-EX? We are endeavouring to be responsible for experimental car instruments in the future. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||