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).
Vehicle accessories including dash boards, double batteries for starting, and various headlamp technologies and controls.
| Identifier | Morton\M9\ img058 | |
| Date | 30th October 1931 | |
| (2) Ha/Wst.1/KT.30.10.31.contd. boards, a particularly pleasing one being the board on the big Renault. Electric petrol gauges and combined oil and temperature gauges were also featured on some stands. A double battery was shewn on the Talbot in order to provide 24 volts for the starter motor only, the idea being to turn the engine over faster for easier starting. Lamp control from the top of the steering column is very popular, a small finger snap switch controlling the dip arrangement. Zeiz and M.C.L. now market magnetic dip reflector headlamps as well as Lucas. The magnetic dip headlamp on the R.R. chassis would not interfere with the effect of the front apron as the third lamp does and would be cheaper as well as, we consider, equally effective optically as the third lamp scheme. Cars are now being sent out by makers more fully equipped with accessories than was the case a year or two ago. The makers supply windscreen wiper, headlamps, direction indicators, cigar lighters etc, as standard, the idea being to enhance the sales value of the car as well as to safeguard the electrical system by fitting good quality electrical accessories with the chassis designed to accomodate them satisfactorily. Ha/Wst. | ||