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).
Feasibility and implications of installing Clayton type interior heaters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\1\ scan0127 | |
| Date | 9th September 1932 | |
| S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} C. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} " " E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} LID{A. J. Lidsey} x4300. Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}2/KW9.9.32. Dictated 8.9.32. INTERIOR HEATERS. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}3/MA3.9.32. With the close of the Season which produces complaints about our cars being too hot in front, we shall shortly enter upon the Season where people criticise their not being warm enough in the rear, and it seems that we could usefully be in a position to supply an interior heater of the Clayton type to which you refer. Your reports as regards its general installation and electrical arrangements seems very satisfactory, and there would appear to be no objection to this being fitted to cars having bodies of a suitable type. Could you give us any idea of the cost of installation, including the cost of the car heater itself. Very naturally the success with which we may meet in selling these with our cars must depend to some extent on the expense to which the customer is being put. We believe it will be essential to eliminate one of the extra seats in the interior in order to accommodate this heater effectively. It is for the customer of course to decide whether he is prepared to do that. We did once see a car in London with this heater fitted, and it seemed very effective for the purpose for which it was intended. Have you one fitted up to a car at present, and would it be possible for us to see this in London again, as Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} would like to have a look at it ? We could also then decide definitely what sacrifice must be made in order to enable it to be installed. We feel that we should like to be in a position, in answer to enquiries, to tell customers that we can fit an effective heater of which you approve both mechanically and electrically, and which would cost so much, which means the elimination of one or the other of the inside extra seats. [Stamp: RECEIVED 9 SEP 1932] [Stamp: 9 SEP 1932] Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||