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).
Coachwork exhibition at Earl's Court, comparing design philosophies and highlighting specific coachbuilders.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\1\ scan0086 | |
| Date | 22th October 1937 guessed | |
| 3. AN EXHIBITION OF COACHWORK ------------------------- As will have been inferred, Earl's Court is above all an exhibition of the Coachbuilders' art. A visit to the Coachwork section discloses a certain rivalry among the Coachbuilders of repute, for each has at least one Rolls-Royce and one Bentley chassis. The tendency in England is, quite rightly, to give great importance to the question of comfort. If beauty of line does not get quite the same consideration as is the case in France, it must be admitted that, generally speaking, more attention is paid to the passengers' ease and comfort, though necessarily at the expense of line. As is always the case, the solution lies in a happy compromise between the two extremes, but the English have sacrificed more than ourselves to comfort. And who shall blame them? If their cars do sometimes look a little heavy in the back, the finish always reaches a high standard of excellence. Of the Bentleys on show, we are inclined to give the palm to the one by Mulliner on the Bentley stand. In this car, passengers sitting in the rear are able to enjoy the scenery just as well as those in front, thanks to the use, in the roof, of a special synthetic glass, "Perspex" - yet another derivative of cellulose; the general line of this car is particularly good. BEAUTIFUL BONNETS ------------------ Rolls-Royce cars are to be found on the Stands of Arnold, Barker, Hooper, Lock , Mann Egerton, Mulliner, Park Ward, Rippon, Thrupp & Maberly, Windover, etc.. We much admired Thrupp & Maberly's | ||