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).
Letter concerning a dashboard blueprint, specifically the heater and radio placement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 30th March 1938 | |
| c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 804 1044 30th.March 1938. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}24/N. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Confidential. For the attention of C.Falconer,Esq., Dear Sir, Re: Dashboards. We send herewith blueprint of F.CD.563 shewing the arrangement of the units on both sides of the sheet metal dashboard, which is used on B.5 and B.50 type chassis. We send this to shew you the position of the radio set and the car heater, accommodation for which will be provided on all cars, whether they are fitted or not. The car heater is that which we have already given you a design for, and the radio set is a standard Philco. We suggest that on your dummy chassis you should provide dummies of the heater and the radio, in order that none of the fittings on the back of the instrument board may interfere with them, as was so in the case of 1.B.5. You will also notice we show the position of the screen wiper motor. Yours faithfully FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. Car Project Office. | ||