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).
Variations and faults in hood and door fittings from different coachbuilders.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan171 | |
| Date | 8th June 1922 | |
| Sp{Mr Spinney}3/H8.6.22 (2.) be noted that most bodies have something new and experimental on them which we cannot always study after use. The hood fittings vary due to the coachbuilders attempt to find the ideal; all appear to have faults. The design of door fittings is always altering as coachbuilders hover between the two principles, i.e. the European "fitting door" and the American "floating door". Will W. please advise us which of the bodies has the most satisfactory doors, as proved after the severe tests in France? (Signed) Sp.{Mr Spinney} | ||