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).
Specifications for car body construction, including seating, wings, interior fittings, and drawings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan017 | |
| Date | 23th April 1930 | |
| EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/23/4/30. cont.. SEATING. Two on separate sliding front seats and two on the rear seat. The front seat mechanism must be such that the seats slide easily. Arm rest to the rear seat at the centre and the side must be made to hinge. The cushions of the front seats should be of the Baxton Type but covered with curled hair and down before trimming. The rear cushion is of the spring type. WINGS AND STEPS. To be of the R-R Sports type and exactly as drawn, and as fitted to 18.EX. There should be slightly more turn-over on the outer edge than on that car. The mud lip must not lean in more than 30 degrees from the vertical. Tread of running board to be settled later. Tool boxes in the running board to be set back so as to render them inconspicuous. Shields between the inside of the tail of the rear wings and the chassis frame. APRON. Louvred tray type apron to the front dumb-irons. FLOOR. Floorboards to be framed and lipped, edged with rubber strip and held down with recessed hand screws. Coverings of sponge rubber to be placed under the carpets. INSTRUMENT BOARD. We shall send you a special layout for this later. SCUTTLE ISOLATION. This to be as usual, but a special effort to be made to conceal the gap between the scuttle and the dash. SUN VISORS. Interior sun visors of a pattern to be approved later. FINISH. All finishing particulars to be settled in a separate instruction but all exterior fitting should be preferably stainless steel or failing that, chromium plated. Interior fittings to be Satin-Silver plate. All door handles and other fittings to be approved by EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} INTERIOR FITTINGS. All interior cabinet woodwork to be solid. We shall send you sketches of proposed finishers etc. Rear lights to be sunken into the rear quarters. Flush fitting ash trays to be fitted at each side of the main seat and one to the front where it will be accessible to both the driver and the passenger. DRIVING VISION. The rail at the base of the screen should be light, as also the channel at the base of the glass, so that the driving vision may be as clear as possible, with this low angle of column. DRAWINGS. We send you herewith:- N.Sch.3688. A Drawing of the Body. N.Sch.3087. A Layout of the Body on the Subframe. We have to send to you the following. Design of Instrument Board. Detail of side member of Subframe. Sketches of the interior, showing door handles etc. details of paintwork, trimmings headlining and carpets. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||