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).
Customer letter complaining about heat in car number 1366, attributing it to a lack of ventilators.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\4\ scan0169 | |
| Date | 30th June 1914 | |
| C O P Y. Knockaloe, Bromborough, Cheshire. 30th June.1914. Dear Sirs, Yours of today Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}12/M29614. Car No. 1366. The body on car is a Barker with the usual front like this It has no ventilators and thw indscreen is a double Auster - I have found the same fault on all the R.R.Cars I have had (three) and friends of mine who possess R.R.Cars tell me they experience the same heat in warm weather. I have found the same fault with 6-Cylinder Sunbeam Car but never with the Mercedes. You have not replied regarding the other matters I wrote you about refixing new Springs and stays to front dumb irons. Yours truly, (signed) D.S.Brown. x819 | ||