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).
Five specific modifications to be carried out on car 8.B.V.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0234 | |
| Date | 8th July 1939 | |
| 400b To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}6/JH.8.7.39. 8.B.V. ____ When the above car comes into the shop we should be glad if you would attend to the following points :- (a) Modify locks on off-side face plate to ensure that the side plate cannot be removed without undoing the bottom fasteners. (b) Square up bottom off side handle by putting a spot of welding on stop plate. Details will be supplied by RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/ABR.{A. B. Roberts} (c) Fit another motor to the heater. (d) Rig up Y piece and flexible tubing to defroster. (e) Fit modified heater flexible drive, made up by sweating existing end pieces into a short length of the flexible tube used for wiring a chassis. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards} | ||