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 inequality of the surface level between bonnets and scuttles on cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\4\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 27th October 1936 | |
| [Handwritten top left] #S 1026 [Handwritten top right] Stedman [Handwritten in circle] R [Handwritten] get all available information + see me [Handwritten] noted PM/SD To C. from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Our Bonnets and Scuttles. Copy to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}E.Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}Hr. One of the points which is still very bad on our cars is the inequality of the surface level of our bonnets and scuttles where they meet. I am referring in particular to the top edge. Very often on our cars you will find the top back edge of the bonnet standing proud of the level of the scuttle and, as seen from the driver's seat it is of course very conspicuous and looks bad. I have not noticed the same defect on other cars and I am sure that there must be some way of getting over it. It seems to lie between ourselves and the coach-builders. I should be glad if the CSC will discuss it and if, as I expect, Derby come into the matter from the point of view of the bonnet itself, then those of the CSC who attend the monthly coachbuilding meetings at Derby can raise it there. I should like to know, however, definitely in due course to what the trouble is attributable and what we are going to do to get it right. If you want an example of what I mean, I can show it to you on the car I use. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||