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).
Fitting a 22-gallon petrol tank to a car before a 15,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\4\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 9th June 1939 | |
| 666. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}8/JH.9.6.39. 30.G.VII. - 22 gallon petrol tank. Will you please instruct one petrol tank to PD.451 to be fitted to the above car before the 15,000 mile test. This will necessitate a new rear cross member for tension shackles carrying supports to FCD.1332. The front brackets remain unaltered. We suggest that the body of the tank is made in 20 S.W.G. and the end plates and baffles in 24 S.W.G. and no stone guard fitted. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||