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).
Responding to suggestions for curing wind noise on a Park Ward Bentley, highlighting the sun roof as a primary source.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0144 | |
| Date | 12th March 1935 | |
| SECRET 200a K45554 (s) [Signature: Ram] C17/C12.3.35 S/W... c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} -> Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Re 5-B-IV..Park Ward Body..Bentley. Tests taken for Wind Noises. E3/HP7.3.35 ------- Re Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}22/KW28.3.35. We find your suggestions in regard to curing these wind noises very interesting, and we hope they will be useful. We have already circulated our leading Coachbuilders, instructing them to try out the various items you suggest, and we hope the results will lead to an improvement. In the meantime we note that you do not mention specifically that you are having the suggestions in item No.1. embodied in SpectreCodename for Phantom III No.3, and we suggest that you should do this, as the sun roof still appears to be one of the worst sources of wind noises although we have tried many ways of overcoming this. 6. | ||