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).
Cause of unpleasantly warm floorboards in a chassis due to hot air from the engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\4\ scan0081 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1912 | |
| R.R. 475 (50 H) (X 842 16.4.12) E.P. 1658. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (Two Lines). This column is for Name of Person addressed. Mr Johnson DATE. 3.5.12. Re Isolation of Floorboards. TBB1/L3512. With reference to your note on the minutes of the 116th Meeting concerning Mr Nadin's statement that he had noticed that the floorboards were still unpleasantly warm in the hot weather, I find that the chassis which Mr Nadin had under his observation and which led to his statement (No.1718) is not fitted with our recognised scheme of louvred engine guards, but merely has a portion at the rear end of the engine guards removed. The dashboard is filled in on this chassis but I do not think sufficient area is provided to allow the hot air to escape from under the bonnet, with the result that a fair amount of this hot air is forced through several small holes and gaps in the dashboard and warms up the floorboard. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. Handwritten notes: (Top, in blue crayon) New Floorboards (Signature) G Barrington (Left margin, in pencil) You need no - experiment with Adverse on auto of any further tests prove satisfactory 15 - C 5/12 (Stamps) MAY 3 1912, B MAY 4 1912 | ||