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).
Cost comparison between a heavy gauge and a lightened 28 gallon petrol tank for a 40/50 HP model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\5\ Scan202 | |
| Date | 27th November 1933 guessed | |
| X7460 COPY. To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} from G/Rb.{R. Bowen} G/Rb.{R. Bowen}5/M/139Al/W.81233. Lightened 28 Gallon Petrol Tank - 40/50 HP. Standardisation Sheet - X.7460. ------------------------------------ We return herewith the above standardisation sheet. It should be noted that the figures we give are a comparison between the Heavy Gauge 28 gallon tank now being fitted and the proposed Lightened 28 gallon tank. The former when compared with the 18 gallon tank is dearer by £3.14.5. The proposed Lightened tank in comparison with the 18 gallon tank is 3/7 cheaper. G/Rb.{R. Bowen} | ||