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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).
Letter to Park Ward Ltd. regarding the manufacture of ventilating windows and dash modifications for the Myth model.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 117\3\  scan0454
Date  23th May 1941
  
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23rd May, 1941.

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG.2/RH.{R. Hollingworth}

C.W. Ward, Esq.,
Messrs. Park Ward Ltd.
473, High Road,
Willesden,
LONDON. N.W.10.

Dear Mr. Ward,

With reference to the ventilating windows in the front doors of the Myth, can you get these made?. I was hoping that Wilmott-Breeden could have done the whole job for you, but as they are more used to die-casting than to make this sort of thing up by hand and in view of the fact that with the hand made doors, there may be slight variations, I think that if you can arrange it, it would be better for you to get them made. They will be of a similar section to the sample that you sent to Wilmott-Breeden, there will be no vertical piece to the frame, in other words, the sliding glass and the ventilation window glass will overlap.

We have got a new type of regulator for the operation of the vertical window which Wilmott-Breeden's will make. It is a screw type, operated by a wheel with a serrated edge which I think you will like when you see it.

If you will let me know as soon as possible if you could get this work done, I will get a drawing sent along to you showing the pivot centres and the attachment of the regulator.

Regarding the dash, we have had to make a small modification to the rays on the outside edges to accommodate all the various bits that the chassis people want to attach to it; the alterations being that we have changed the radius of the corner from 1½" to 1". We are sending the blue prints of this tomorrow.

Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} has been telling me how well you have got on with the job which I was very glad to hear.

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