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).
Request to fit a Lucas electrically operated reserve tap to a 7.B.V. petrol tank.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0334 | |
| Date | 21th January 1939 | |
| HODa To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}7/JH.21.1.39. 7.B.V. petrol tank. Will you please fit the Lucas electrically operated reserve tap in the place of the existing feed pipe to the tank of the above chassis. We are handing the tap complete with flange ring to the shop. The pipes on the tap will have to be bent and cut to length to suit the anti surge tower on the tank. We will also supply the necessary switch. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||