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).
Secret memo outlining proposals for luggage and wheel accommodation at the rear of the 'SS' model.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\2July1928-December1928\ Scan177 | |
| Date | 27th October 1928 | |
| to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} copy to SY. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BA. SECRET "S.S." ORIGINAL EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/27.10.28. X44827 X7600 +7400 LUGGAGE AND WHEEL ACCOMMODATION AT REAR. We send herewith N.Sch.2747. which shews the proposed schemes for dealing with the rear end of "SS{S. Smith}". mentioned in R.7/M20.19.28. ( a print to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} and the original to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} for issuing.) The description on the drawing makes the proposals fairly clear It will be realised that there would be two wheel carriers which would have many pieces in common, and a luggage grid. Any car having the wheels facing forwards could have a grid. Likewise, customers only having one spare wheel could be catered for with ease. The proposal is that there shall never be any side wheel carriers. That means that the maximum body cannot reasonably have a trunk. There is an outlet open to us in the case of a customer insisting on a trunk, in that we can supply him with side carriers under protest, and then mount a trunk at the back, leaving the wheel carrier in position at the rear so that the wheels can be put there when the trunk is off. It must be understood that, up to the present, "R" has distinctly disapproved of this proposal. We propose to tract India 3. in the same way. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} RECEIVED 29 OCT 1928 | ||