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).
Design, weight, and practicality of different occasional seats in limousines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\5\ X 604 Body-page235 | |
| Date | 30th June 1939 guessed | |
| - 2 - seats were not so attractive in appearance when folded away as those Park Ward are going to give us, and moreover the hinged extension to the baseboard was a nuisance and sometimes gave trouble. There is an entirely different pattern of seat which would overcome some of our difficulties and that is the pattern which is supported on a wide front leg. This leg, when the seat is not in use, falls down into the floor of the body. Windovers use this type in their Phantom III bodies. Its objection is its weight, which considerably exceeds that of the type Park Ward give us in our Wraith Enclosed Limousines. I would add that although we have now delivered quite a number of the Wraith Standard Enclosed Limousines, we have had so far no criticisms of the room available in the extra seats. This is quite likely due to the fact that extra seats are very rarely used, although it is noteworthy that Park Ward say there is no less room with these seats than was the case with the extra seats of the Enclosed Limousine bodies they sold in such large numbers on 25/30 chassis, and they say they had no complaints from customers in regard to those. HGL [Handwritten text] As usual, this seems to be a Conduit St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} & not a customers complaint. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Seen EW. | ||