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).
Assessment of a car's bodywork and interior features, including ventilation, styling, and fittings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\1\ scan0109 | |
| Date | 13th August 1934 guessed | |
| -3- and there is nothing mechanical about it. An enormous amount of ventilation can be got inside of it, by simply leaving the windows down about ¼" below the bottom of the louvres, and even when the car is standing in hot sun, the interior will not be found to be unduly hot. This is the greatest advantage as, although there might not be the slightest fear of rain, there is practically always dust, and if not dust, a certain amount of dirt in the air, and so one can leave one's car free from this annoyance and yet know that a certain amount of ventilation is going on. In showery weather, of course, the advantages are obvious. The vertical type of opening appears to be much more vulnerable from the point of view of dust, smuts, etc. entering the body, and also easier for rain to get in than having to force its way up under the horizontal louvre. This is entirely a diversion, and I will now revert to the Cadillac. The division glass is in one piece, dropping at an angle in constant contact runs. This probably takes up more space than the turning one, but of course it is simpler, though I have not heard of any serious trouble developing from the turning type, as fitted by ourselves and others. Wireless set controls are very neatly housed in the offside elbow of the rear seat, which is good. The lines of the body are pleasing, but very heavy, following the now generally accepted American style of aero-dynamic design. The roof was very heavy in appearance indeed, and this was done to get the headroom with very shallow glasses, the object in this being, presumably, to get the car to look lower than it really was. The fillets round the windows were a very nice job, being made in one piece and bent, and the radius of the corners was about 3". This was both pleasing and practical. No wood panels or finishers were fitted to the garnish rails, making the interior somewhat bare and rather difficult to arrange. The interior furniture, i.e. winders, handles, etc. was full finished silver, and designed to match throughout, in period style. This is a very pleasing idea. | ||