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).
Lack of access holes in the SY Boot Lid, making repairs difficult and advocating for their inclusion.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\1\ Scan034 | |
| Date | 13th April 1964 | |
| Handwritten: Holes as necessary covered by bound carpet material. over large central area. I agree CPB. Typed: To:- Gry{Shadwell Grylls} c:- TIN TIN/HRJ KI JB ✓ EC/Crl.{C. R. Lisson} 1/JW. 13th April, 1964. SY Boot Lid{A. J. Lidsey} The inner skin of the Boot Lid{A. J. Lidsey} has no access holes apart from the usual ones for Rear Lamp, No. Plate, Locks etc. This in my opinion is wrong inasmuchas any repair work which has to be carried out on the outer skin is made practically impossible, the only remedy being K.C.F. or some such material. I had to argue quite a lot with JB and design, on the S1 when it was produced, in order to get depressions and access holes to the outer skin. Without them we could not possibly have dealt with shapes and damage which we have to do on 95% of bodies. While agreeing that SY Boot lid{A. J. Lidsey} is a more robust one, I still believe we shall still have to contend with shape and damage in production, I also feel that Service will be in trouble with damage of the lid{A. J. Lidsey} from time to time. If we are to produce this efficiently and economically we must have access holes in the inner skin. Dec EC/Crl{C. R. Lisson} | ||