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).
Issues and feedback for various Goshawk car bodies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan170 | |
| Date | 8th June 1922 | |
| LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} GOSHAWK BODIES. Re attached Hsl/T2.6.22, concerning Goshawk bodies in France. GOSHAWK IV. Hooper Open Body. Before studying the matter of doors further, we should like more information because the troubles appear to be unusual. Were locks faulty? Was body removed from chassis and re-fitted after delivery? Are we wrong in using brackets for bolting body down (this car is the first to have these, I believe)? Are the brackets too weak? Does frame twist abnormally on this car? Re hood fixing. We are sorry we have not yet found a satisfactory fixing for attaching the hood to the screen. We ask coachbuilders to try new ones whenever available. GOSHAWK V.{VIENNA} Gwyne Body. We have already received detailed complaints which we have passed on to the coachbuilders and makers; Messrs. Beaton & Sons have offered to replace the fittings for a newly designed set. GOSHAWK VI. Mulliner Open Body. The top half of screen is the ordinary standard one-piece panel as shown on R.R. drawings and as regularly fitted. The two earlier cars had experimental screens in which the top half was divided - a new idea of Mulliners. We were afraid the bar in the middle would obstruct the driver's view. As, however, the experimental screen proved successful in France, I suggest we advise Barkers and Hoopers that this type is an improvement over present standard. GOSHAWK VII. Maythorne Saloon. The top screen was certainly badly fitted. It was turned out during the time I was away with measles and was not examined by London staff. The front passenger's seat should, in my opinion, be arranged to swing forward on links; not to slide as made. We might specify such in the event of our requiring more two-door covered cars. This type of body was never intended to be standardised but was bought, as arranged between Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} and C. as the worst "booming" type of body for testing the chassis. Re last paragraph. The two satisfactory screens by Mulliners are experimental - the unsatisfactory one is the regular standard. We are glad to know the divided screen is good. We are always anxious to know of good points as well as bad, as otherwise they may be forgotten. It should | ||