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).
Requesting an update on fitting a reserve petrol tank to the Goshawk and 40/50 HP models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\2\ scan0041 | |
| Date | 25th July 1923 | |
| X3596 To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. BJ2/H25.7.23. PETROL TANK. At the Works Derby Conference on the 21st September, 1922, a minute was made as follows:- "Reserve tank for petrol indicator. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} to fit up a tank like the Hupmobile and report on same. This question to be brought up again after we have had more experience on Goshawk." Please let me know what was done about this, and what is being done in regard to having a reserve of petrol in the tank on the Goshawk and the 40/50 h.p. B.J. | ||