Letter detailing attempts to resolve a petrol vaporising issue in a vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\5\ 05-page073 | |
| Date | 21th April 1934 guessed | |
| HOTEL & CAFÉ DE FRANCE CHATEAUROUX(French test region) Téléphone 21 Le ............................ 193 Vapourising the petrol. We removed the pumps & fitted them under the scuttle, but without success. We then placed the filter with the pumps & lagged all the pipes exposed to the exhaust, whilst this shewed a definite improvement, vapourising still prevailed through the pipe line & tap once the lagging was penetrated. I have today tried to find a means of transferring the whole system to the Carb. side but I frankly admit that at present, I can't see how it can be done as the dash board is already filled with other components. However, C.W.H. has informed me that we are returning to Derby early next week, when we may be able to come to some decision as to the best place to fit the. Before I came over here I arranged for the S.U. people to supply a Commercial type pump which they claim gives 30-40 Gal/per/Hr. more than our present type. HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Hives | ||
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).