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 unavailability of a revolving windscreen device known as Kent's Clear View Screen.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\3\ scan0132 | |
| Date | 4th June 1935 | |
| S/W. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}2/MK.{R. E. B. Meade-King} 4.6.35. Your Ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW.1.6.35. We remember that some years ago there was a device called Kent's Clear View Screen, but as far as we can trace, it is no longer available. We have made enquiries of several coach-builders, windscreen makers and "The Motor" information bureau, but have been quite unable to learn that the device is still available, or from whom it can be obtained. We have a vague recollection that it consisted of a glass disc on the windscreen right in front of the driver. The idea, we believe, was in rain the disc should revolve and give the driver a clear view ahead. It struck us at the time as being impracticable and we are not at all surprised to learn it is now unobtainable. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||