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).
Ergonomics of a Goshawk car body, highlighting the importance of elbow height for driver comfort.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan192 | |
| Date | 27th June 1922 | |
| X3730 To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. BJ6/H27.6.22. GOSHAWK. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG26.6.22. We should certainly like to see and try the body of the car you refer to. Please let me know when it can be sent to London for this purpose. There is evidently some misunderstanding with regard to the exact point at which the measurements referred have been taken. We find the most important point with the high-sided body is the height of the elbow, as if the elbows are cramped comfortable driving is impossible. The width of the seat and the width of the top of the body are of comparatively little importance. There is no doubt that in order to ascertain the actual comfort or discomfort of the body the only way is to sit in bodies of different dimensions until one finds the shape which is actually comfortable in use. B.J. [Stamp] RECEIVED JUN 27 1922 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||