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).
Query regarding the black finish and engraving on chassis steering column quadrants.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\1\ Scan042 | |
Date | 20th June 1919 | |
R.R 236 n (200 T) (S.F. 103. 25-10-18) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2244 97C BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. EH. X.3465 BY/7/P20.6.19. CHASSIS STEERING COLUMN. RE BLACK FINISH TO QUADRANTS ETC, ON THE TOP OF THE STEERING COLUMN. I have received two samples of the above from Messrs. Joseph Lucas. The finish is certainly quite good, and appears to me to be quite up to anything we are likely to obtain at the present. There is one point, however, that was not definitely called for, namely, the filling in of the engraving with white lead. Do you know whether Mr Royce wished the engraving to be left black, that is to say, did he raise any objections to the lettering being filled in as per samples? BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||