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).
Cracked glass on the framed instrument patch and proposing a revised design.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\U\2January1930-September1930\ Scan178 | |
| Date | 18th June 1930 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ) AJL Please reply HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FL Copy to CX{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}/HH re. FRAMED INSTRUMENT PATCH. x7530. x5530. ORIGINAL We are informed by Sales that in one or two cases the glass of the framed patch of instruments becomes cracked, and that when this happens we have been asked by the coachbuilder concerned to pay about £2. for the labour involved in removing the broken glass and refitting a new one. We think there is something wrong with this. To remove the glass it is only necessary to disconnect the wires and pipes from the instruments and remove the patch from out of the back of the board, when about 10 screws have to be undone. Would Derby please give us some indication as to what they think about the operation. We have under consideration a revised patch in which the instruments have individual glasses. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||