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).
Modifications to seating, frame, and steering for driver comfort and body construction for Goshawks.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\I\May1922\ Scan73 | |
| Date | 22th May 1922 guessed | |
| (2) Failing this the seats and the roof must be raised at least the 1" suggested, or the driver must be inclined or clear-ance made so that he can rest backwards, in which case it may be necessary to economise 2" in the body somewhere behind the driver's seat, such as having sliding or fixed window for six seater. If this cannot be done the only alternative is to have a longer frame by the 2" here required. Considering the light car and small engine this is very undesirable and we think that the standard should be arranged as originally proposed by me to be really comfortable, for a single occasional seat, and either the second occasional seat should not be fitted if it ab-sorbs room or only used in extreme emergency, as in the case of taxis when inconvenient crowding can be tolerated for short dis-tances. The "D" steering also has had the pedals pushed for-ward making this also more comfortable for a long legged man; this seating was not bad when correctly carried out, as instruct-ed.{J. L. Edwards} For the construction of bodies for Goshawks I under-stand there is a list of what to avoid. I have not seen this list, and it has not been to the Engineers for their agreement, /before printing but I believe it avoids attempting the impossible, such as a six seater with drop windows between driver and passengers etc. I should like to have a copy of this list at once, as it may save some correspondence. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||