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).
The specifications for a sports touring body for the 'Stork' and 'Heron' chassis.
| Identifier | Morton\M22\ img246 | |
| Date | 1st January 1923 | |
| X.4113 SPORTS BODY FOR STORK o Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Evl/MMB.1.23. HERON GOING TO FRANCE SOON. PARK WARD! To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} & Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} RE. BODY FOR "STORK" & "HERON". X.4113. We enclose N.schs. 1369 & 70 shewing what we think would be a nice sports touring body for fitting to the "Stork" chassis which will possibly be going to France shortly, and also this body is suitable for "Heron". Firstly we would point out that it has the seat room of 6.EX. with reduced wind resistance and improved lines, and lastly it has increased comfort due to its rear screen and scuttle. It will be noticed no off-side doors are fitted, the near side rear door opens with its half of the scuttle and rear screen in such a manner that it clears the hood and vertical stick. The radiator is standard 40/50, raised 1" due to the rise in the frame. The dashboard is widened and heightened accordingly, and for this car we would like Derby to set out the bonnet and dashboard scaling from this drawing. We note that the standard D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} type hand brake lever fouls the scuttle, but for this car we are prepared to set the lever in. In the case of "Heron" this trouble will not arise. The near side spare wheel would be carried on a RR. type carrier, but the one at the off-side placed at the rear in order to get all weight possible on the back axle can be carried by a Barker type carrier attached either to the body or to the frame. A luggage carrier should be fitted to this car. Dipping head lights are shewn in conjunction with small wing lights placed to look downwards 5º. At the rear a large locker is provided in which all the large tools contd:- | ||