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 a supplier requesting a dull chrome finish for a windscreen's inner flange to reduce sun glare.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\2\ scan0224 | |
| Date | 30th April 1941 | |
| 104 30th April, 1941. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG.12/ET. Perfecta Motor Equipment, Excelsior Works, Oxford Street, B I R M I N G H A M, 5. Attention of Mr. Bach. Dear Sirs, With reference to the windscreen which you have in hand for us, will you please note that we should like the inner flange left in dull chrome. The reason for this is that we wish to overcome the objectionable glare that usually appears with the windscreen having a bottom flange, due to sun reflection. We should be glad to know when you hope to let us have the windscreen centre regulator fittings. We have decided that all interior fittings are to be in semi-bright chrome. If the regulator is not too far advanced, we should like to have a semi-bright finish. Yours faithfully, | ||