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).
Issues with a rattling sliding roof and wind noise on chassis B-23-AE.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\1\ Scan165 | |
| Date | 21th September 1935 | |
| Rolls-Royce To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}Derby Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} x263 Showrooms Sr/EWP{Mr Punt}2/MLG.21.9.35 Re- Chassis B-23-AE Kindly note that Roberts took delivery of this car last evening from us and was intending to cross over from Boulogne-sur-Mer à midday today. Having attended to the body since the return of the car from Chateauroux, we think it is now in very good order. There is however the exception of the sliding roof which when shut is inclined to rattle at the front and this is due to the construction of the sliding mechanism and Vanvooren are at a loss to cure this without altering the design of the roof which is supplied by the Metropolitan Company. These roofs do not appear altogether satis- factory from this point of view and Vanvooren do not intend to employ these in the future. They have made an effort to fix a piece of rubber on the leading edge of the sliding roof so as to stop the wind noise at high speed. This is their first attempt and no doubt an impro- vement will be made concerning the future roofs. We should be interested to know your comments on this body in due course; "Sr [handwritten signature] | ||