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).
Requesting modifications to the defroster ducts and heater intake for car 1.B.50.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\2\ scan0255 | |
| Date | 7th December 1938 | |
| 1158 Y To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.5/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.12.38. 1.B.50 CAR. While the above car is in the shop, will you please modify the defroster ducts in the same way that you have done on 7.B.V. and 8.B.V. cars. Will you also please make a sheet metal cover to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std's verbal instructions to replace the heater's own die cast cover so that the heater intake air can be taken from the special side intake already fitted up on this car, or alternatively, from the interior of the car. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||