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).
Confidential letter to coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. Limited detailing modifications for the B.50 mock-up.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0204 | |
| Date | 31th January 1939 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 804 CONFIDENTIAL. 31st. January.1939. BY.11/N. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Limited, 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Re: B.50 Mock-Up. We wish to confirm our comments on the B.50. mock-up, made to you during our visit to your Works last Friday. We would also like to take this opportunity of complimenting you on the excellency with which the whole job has been carried out. We will enumerate briefly points which it was agreed need to be modified. Six Light Body. (1) Rear Quarter Light to be made more square at the top. (2) Rear boot top panel lowered and made more nearly horizontal to blend with the waist moulding. (3) Rear wing carried back to extend to the end of the boot and the nose at the rear to be fined down. The rear panel between the wing and boot to be tapered more towards the rear. Continued.... | ||