Petrol pump positioning and vapourisation, comparing Bentley and Phantom models with competitors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\5\ 05-page069 | |
| Date | 20th April 1934 guessed | |
| -2- the class of petrol. With regard to the position of the pumps, I am naturally very sore about it. In the very hottest conditions obtained here last year, we obtained all the possible knowledge from our tests, proved that petrol was vapourising in the pipe lines, obtained from Paris other people's views, and where other manufacturers fitted their pumps. The Alfa Romeo fit theirs direct on the tank. All this information was turned down as of no value just because the designers said "we havemade a nice looking job and it will fit in fine under the bonnet". You must admit that had an American firm obtained the practical results, they would have appreciated it. This is of course speaking of the Bentley, the Phantom is considerably worse off as more heat is generated. ------------- We have received the tyres and the brake adjustments for which we thank you. [Signature: G.W.Hancock.] G.W.H. | ||
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).