The body wiring for the Phantom II chassis, specifically regarding the high prevalence of electric cigar lighters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\8\ img013 | |
| Date | 29th January 1932 | |
| WST X6068 HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} S/W {Sales / Derby Works} to BY (C. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} , Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} , DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hn {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} ) re- Phantom II Chassis Body Wiring and Accessory Box. With regard to paragraph 3 of BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Cgh. {W Clough} 6/G22.1.32, we estimate that something like 80 to 90 per cent of Rolls-Royce cars supplied these days have electric cigar lighters. If, arising out of this you finally make a decision which would necessitate fresh instructions being issued to Coachbuilders regarding the wiring of cigar lighters will you please let us know. Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||
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).