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).
Coachwork issues on car B-10-DG, including wind noise, a loose roof, rattles, and an uncomfortable seat.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\3\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 8th May 1935 | |
| To JLE.{J. Lee Evans - Chassis Test Manager} X void Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW.8.5.35. Herewith B-10-DG. The coachwork features which now spoil the car are :- (1) A great deal of wind noise, largely from the sunshine roof. (2) The sunshine roof seems to lift, the clip holding it down does not seem to be sufficiently rigid. (3) There are rattles at the back of the rear seats. (4) The rear seat seems to be uncomfortable. One feels as if one were slipping off all the time. When you have dealt with these points and the rattle in the ventilating windows, together with the mirror, will you please ring up Mr. Thompson at Middleton 2, Norfolk and ask him whether he will send his chauffeur down for the car, or whether you ought to deliver it to Norfolk for him. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||