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).
Instructions for fitting an AC mechanical petrol pump and keeping the existing pump as a standby.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 112\3\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 27th March 1939 | |
| 857 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}9/JH.27.3.39. 2.B.30. Will you please fit the AC mechanical petrol pump to the unit for the above. A separate 5/16" pipe should be layed along the frame to the tank. The existing pipes and electrical pump to remain as a stand by.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} It will be necessary to raise the bracket carrying the throttle control to clear the pump. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||