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).
Modifications to a car's body and fuel tank to accommodate a new concealed luggage grid.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0203 | |
| Date | 31th January 1934 guessed | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Re War's Car. BWG{J. C. Bowring}/ See me after much discussion I have got Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C's agreement to fit the new concealed luggage grid on War's car. / The Chassis is now at Park Wards, & we are starting to modify the body to give the return Sweep to the rear panel, & the apron into which the grid will fold. as you are aware, the grid & modified back panel entail a revised tank, having the following features. 1) gauge & suction fittings moved forward. 2) revised Vent pipe. 3) Filler leaned back but the same length. We shall need to have this tank fitted before we finally mount the body. - at the same time we shall need to have the fixing brackets for the grid onto the chassis frame. Will you be able to produce | ||