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).
Chassis ventilation issues and upcoming wiring modifications for chassis 1.E.X.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\4\ scan0185 | |
| Date | 28th July 1919 | |
| X.819 -10- Chassis 1.E.X. Ventilation Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}5/W28.7.19. contd. attempt to have this altered. This is particularly noticeable with the outside brake lever. The heat in the front seat space was very noticeable indeed with wind screen shut and vertical. There is no difficulty in curing this if one does not mind the draught occasioned by keeping the screen vertical, but throwing it back about 1 1/2 ins. and thus leaving a gap. It is desirable to keep the screen forward or sloping back slightly to avoid the objectional reflections which result in the screen being sloped forward at the top. There is no doubt that the best cure for heat in the front seat space is a gap either at the junction of the scuttle and dash board or at the base of the wind screen. I happened to come across a Rolls-Royce owner stopped on the road, who was making efforts with scoops made out of wire and linen to get a flow of cool air into the front seat space. With his body and wind screen it was not possible to make a gap so he had to continue in discomfort. He had a closed bonnet (no louvres) and a close fitting scuttle with no ventilators, so I felt the case was a bad one. Even the front doors opened backwards so I was unable to help him. Before we send the chassis to you we are fitting up the whole of the wiring scheme in accordance with the various memoranda on the subject together with the main switch on the dash board and the Lucas Junction Box. The coil will either have one of the new B.T.H. cases or one made from block ebonite, as the former have not yet been delivered. Contd. | ||