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).
To Mr Royce relaying a report from the Bombay depot recommending aluminium over wood for coachwork.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\1\ scan0096 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1912 | |
| X393 Re Coachwork. TBB7/L2912. Mr Royce 2/9/12. Mr Wormald has asked me to send you the following report from Mr Kirby, written from the Bombay depot:- "Panels and bodies should be of alumin- ium instead of wood. Owing to the heat out here wood panels soon crack." I think this point is probably already before the coachbuilders, but I will send same through to Mr Oldham if you think this advisable. | ||