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).
Modifications to a car's dashboard, bonnet, and radiator to comply with instructions for experimental road use.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\4\ scan0178 | |
| Date | 1st May 1924 | |
| X9770 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Mr. Booth. Mr. Shelton. Mr. D'Asth. BY8/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 1. 5. 24. E.A.C.I. In finishing off the above car, we propose not to carry on with the original wide dashboard, and special bonnet, and therefore possibly the radiator also will have to be modified in order to keep within CJ's instructions that we must have nothing on the road experimentally unless it has a locked bonnet and the bonnet, dashboard and radiator are to standard dimensions. We are therefore going into the question of giving you a special bonnet, dashboard and radiator, and propose using the Vacuum Feed Tank originally got out for the 20 HP. We will also look into the question of the Servo, and see what can be done in this connection. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||