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).
Future car design improvements regarding body dimensions, rubber mounting, lighting, and instrument grouping.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\R\January1928-March1928\ 154 | |
| Date | 23th March 1928 guessed | |
| (2) Regarding body dimensions, space efficiency should be watched. I have seen several bodies much too clumsy for the useful space available. We all think it makes such a definitely superior complete car to use our rubber mounting for the body, and there should be no difficulty for any coachbuilder in the world to use this scheme, which would so help to get our cars a better name for absence of noise and vibration than anything else we can do to the chassis. Otherwise we may be beaten by the makers of 8 and 12 cyl. engines. The continuation of our sales depends upon the reputation of the complete R-R cars. I am also hoping that we shall be able to use Lucas dipping reflector lamps, or our own dipping headlights, or in some way avoid the heavy-to-operate-etc Barker scheme, which I believe, even when fitted, is rarely used by the drivers. I am also expecting that our grouped instruments will be included in this scheme, even if we put up the chassis price, rather than turn out something not uniform, or the best we know. I am sure it will be cheapest in the end. This latter paragraph is written assuming that the scheme is really good and reasonable in cost. It is assumed that some reduction in the cost of this part is possible, and I have promised that "SS{S. Smith}" shall cost less than present standard, independent of WOR{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}'s economies of production and the improved commercial efficiency of the whole Company. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||