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).
Mr. Royce's critical feedback and requested modifications for a 7-Goshawk Maythorn Saloon car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 29th November 1922 | |
| To LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} from Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to R.{Sir Henry Royce} BJ. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X3730 Ba/Evl/M29.11.22. RE. 7-GOSHAWK. MAYTHORN SALOON. X.3730. Mr. Royce saw this car again yesterday and commented on the very bad access to the car, due to the front seats, and the dithering windscreen. These points were emphasised in our Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/M24.4.22., when the car left the coachbuilders, but apparently, no-one has been sufficiently interested in the job to have the car put right. Concerning the front seats, Mr. Royce says that they are too long, too soft and flexible, and too high at the back, in fact the seat squabbing parallelograms when sat on, and the driver has no control of his position. Lastly if the brake is operated fiercely the seat runs back badly. See original for sketch. Mr. Royce wishes you to fit two new front seats of the very best possible type you know of. We think these can be either the tip up type where the seat folds up against the windscreen, or the round bucket seat, capable of swivelling and sliding. We understand that such fittings can be bought. The squabbing of the driving seat should not be too luxurious, and both seats should have toe space underneath them for the rear passengers, as shewn in the sketch. The windscreen top glass is a common danger to humanity, and a disgrace to any car. One would have thought contd:- | ||