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).
Specification of coachwork for a Thrupp & Maberly Sports Saloon on a Bentley 'B' model chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\1\ img226 | |
| Date | 1st February 1933 guessed | |
| THRUPP & MABERLY SPORTS SALOON. MODEL BENTLEY "B". SPECIFICATION OF COACHWORK. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/- CHASSIS. Bentley "B" Model. "E" Type Steering. Untarnishable finish. Chromium throughout. 18ins. rims. 5.500ins. tyres. Full details of the chassis are given on the schemes supplied. TYPE OF BODY. Four Door Four Light Saloon with sunshine roof. See N.Sch.3478. SEATING. Four seater. Two sliding bucket seats in front. Rear seat to take two. Latex Cushions with spring and hair squabs. Folding centre armrest to the rear seat, and side armrests attached to the inside of the doors. The sliding seats to have the light type Leveroll Fittings. FRAMING. Body to be lightly framed in English Ash. Wheelarches to be in sheet steel .056ins. thick and made by the coachbuilder. (we may be able to supply some existing jigs for making these wheelarches). For 1/2 Scale Layout of the body see N.Sch.3467. DOORS. Four doors hung on the centre pillar with concealed hinges. Metal door stops. Doors to be no more than 2.500ins. thick at the lock. Dropping windows of Triplex .187 ins. thick. HEAD. Head to be covered with straight grained fabric sprayed to suit the colour scheme. Pytchley Sunshine roof. Body-free front well of roof to be covered in when closed. Every precaution to be taken against "drumming" & "booming". WINDSCREEN. Single piece screen and fixed. To show no metal frame when viewed from the inside. Triplex .187 ins thick. Dual electrical wiper at the base of the screen. Interior sun visors. SCUTTLE VENTILATION. Air scoop coming from below the floor and up the inside of the scuttle. WINGS. Front and rear wings to be finished as far as possible and finally fitted and painted at our Works. Wings to be made of Aluminium 14 S.W.G. in the centre and 16. S.W.G. at the sides and the valances. No stone gaurds. Mud lip around the edge of the wings. Steps to match up with the sweep of the wings and to be metal covered with strips of rubber tread. Rubber to match the paintwork. FLOORS. The whole of the front floor in front of the sliding seats to be supplied by us. The sunken floor is to made in sheet aluminium and lined with wood if necessary to avoid drumming. The rear seat board must permit of the inspection and removal of the battery, and the floor of the boot should have a trap to allow of the removal of the tank fittings. | ||