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).
Implementation of a noise insulation scheme for a Bentley with a Van Vooren body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\1\ scan0205 | |
| Date | 13th September 1935 | |
| -> S/W....Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} JLE.{J. Lee Evans - Chassis Test Manager} ----- X1160 C13/C13.9.35 NOISE INSULATION SCHEME - BENTLEY. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/KW6.9.35 ------- We are very interested to note that you are satisfied that with the modified scheme as recommended in your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/MJ2.8.35, you get 85% of the improvement. We note that you are fitting this on the Van Vooren body, but if you are satisfied that you are getting such a big percentage of improvement we propose putting this scheme in hand straight away. C. | ||