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).
Responding to a query about the size of rear passenger footwells on chassis 1826E.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\1\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 19th June 1912 | |
| 116/B274/12 CJ/B25/12 CJ12/C304/12 X509 Mr Johnson 19.6.12. Re London-Edinburgh Chassis 1826E. TBB6/L19612. With reference to your attached memorandum C721/C126/12 concerning the wells for the feet of the rear passengers on the above chassis, we find that the wells were not arranged for the use of thick matting. If the matting be removed I think you will find that there is room for quite large feet, although it is possible that a large footed person wearing heavy sporting boots might still have some difficulty. Mr Spinney's original scheme for a rectangular well (which you did not care for) allowed slightly more room as shown in the accompanying blue prints, but in this case also no matting was allowed for. I do not think anything can be done unless this portion is re-designed, in which case the sloping board could | ||