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).
Layout of the front end of a car for the bonnet and dashboard pressing for a Wraith 80 model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\2\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 27th March 1939 | |
| SCALE 1/4, LAYOUT OF FRONT END OF CAR FOR-BONNET & DASHBOARD PRESSING, WRAITH 80, PD. 285, ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. PRINT ROOM 27 MAR 1939 DERBY, 3.10.38, SEE LATER SCHEMES FOR:-, FRONT BUMPER & BUMPER BRACKETS,, FRONT APRON, STARTING HANDLE BEARING & CENTRE LAMP BRACKET, WINGSTAYS, HEADLAMPS & HORNS, BONNET VALANCE STRIP, SEE PD. 298 FOR ENCLOSED LIMOUSINE - SCALE 1/16., *THIS FIGURE IS TO THE FRONT OF THE BODY FRAMEWORK., 4.800 + 4.800 + 5.450, LEAVING .050 FOR THE BODY PANEL BETWEEN THE DASHBOARD PRESSING & THE FRONT OF THE BODY FRAMEWORK., CHAIN DOTTED LINES SHOW BONNET SUPPLIED, COACHBUILDERS MAY VARY BONNET TO SUIT WINGS & BODY, THE MAIN PART OF PRESSING IS UNCHANGED FROM FB. 3631, PROFILE OF OUTSIDE OF BONNET PANELS AT THE REAR OF THE RADIATOR SHELL., NOTE:- FOR FULL SIZE SECTIONS OF CENTRE & SIDE HINGES, ALSO HINGE COVER, SEE F.W. 1649., ALUMINIUM BONNET 12 SWG.(.104), CUTOUT REQUIRED IN BODY & FLANGE OF DASHBOARD TO CLEAR STANDARD R.R TYPE HINGE., PROFILE OF FLANGE ON STEEL DASHBOARD PRESSING, DATUM BACK OF DASH, LEVEL TOP OF CHASSIS FRAME DATUM | ||