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).
The unsatisfactory lighting and glare from the instrument patch, affecting the driver's ability to read the gauges.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 178\4\ img091 | |
| Date | 11th May 1932 | |
| -3- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/RH.{R. Hollingworth}11.5.32.Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Lighting of the Patch. The lighting of the instrument patch we agree with Mr. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} is still unsatisfactory especially in view of the efforts of other makers on cheaper cars and we are experimenting in various directions with a view to improving the instrument illumination without occasioning glare. This glare, we are of the opinion, affects the eye, optically so that it is difficult to read the speedometer and clock conveniently from the drivers seat. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/wst. | ||