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).
The necessity of designing better bonnet lifting handles due to the upcoming removal of sliding shutters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\3\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 5th January 1921 | |
| X3421 AT A.T. Dr. c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}7/F5.1.21. RE. CHASSIS BONNET LIFTING HANDLES. In view of the fact that bonnets will shortly be made without the sliding shutters, it is absolutely essential that simultaneously with this alteration we should fix a better method of lifting or closing the bonnets, as the only way the existing bonnets can be opened or closed (if fitted so as to avoid rattles, etc.) without using special tools or damaging one's fingers, is to make use of the holes in the bonnet when the shutters are open, to obtain a better grip of the bonnet sides. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||