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).
Expressing opinions on car body design, specifically avoiding heavy, top-heavy, and cramped bodies.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\N\October1925-December1925\ Scan62 | |
| Date | 27th October 1925 | |
| TO CJ. FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. to HA. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ORIGINAL R3/M27.10.25. re. BODIES. X 8830 / X5870 I am sometimes misunderstood on the question of bodies. I cannot say that I am a good critic of what ought to be made, but I do think we should use every endeavour to avoid very heavy, and especially top heavy bodies. I do not like cramped bodies for our 40/50. or even for our 20HP., especially in the matter of width at the front seat, and I do dislike the practice of waste of space and weight, as I have seen many times even lately. I am not blaming RR. for these shortcomings, but I think we ought to use our influence to keep them as near right as possible. Windovers have fitted to the India a simple scheme of runningboard tool box, light, inexpensive, and efficient, and vastly different to some I complained of some months ago which were heavy, and putrid with fungus. R.{Sir Henry Royce} RECEIVED 28 OCT 1925 | ||