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).
Disadvantages of radiator shutters and considering chromium-plated grids as an aesthetic alternative.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\1\ scan0054 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1934 | |
| To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}F.BY. Ba. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten] H3 Radiator Shutters. Referring to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}13/KW29.12.33 I think that this is a matter which we might usefully discuss at our next chassis conference. Radiator shutters certainly seem to have more disadvantages than advantages - in fact the only advantage seems to be the one of appearance and as we, in common with other manufacturers, have educated the public up to expecting a rather bright appearance in front of the radiator, the difficulty will be to maintain this if we do away with shutters. I believe some of the American firms are putting on a sort of chromium-plated grid in order presumably to try to deal with the matter from an appearance point of view. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||