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).
New Lucas screen wiper and expressing concerns about its gear drive mechanism.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\5\ img156 | |
| Date | 10th June 1936 | |
| + 6115 Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} E.7/HP.10.6.36. re Screen Wipers. Referring to your memo Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}3/WL.6.6.36, and to memo Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KW.8.6.36, we shall certainly want a sample of the new Lucas wiper, and we see no objection to fitting this new type to experimental bodies. We should, however, like to have the sample along at the earliest possible moment, as our experience is that any sort of gear drive such as the right angled connection you mention is always so badly carried out by accessory makers that it will only stand up for a limited period. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||