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 to Ford asking for details on the thermostat-operated bonnet side shutters used on Lincoln cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\2\ Scan202 | |
| Date | 21th April 1934 | |
| X 1775 Exptl. Dept. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW. 21st April, 1934. A.R. Smith, Esq., General Manager The Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Dagenham, Essex. Dear Mr. Smith, I hope you got back from America safely. I missed the bad weather coming back and enjoyed sunshine most of the way. I wonder how you are getting along with your oil consumption. I noticed while I was in America that Lincolns have rather a neat scheme of thermostat operated bonnet side shutters. I wonder whether you can give me any details of how this was fitted up ? Yours sincerely, Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/MJT24632 ex X1085 | ||