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).
Letter from The O.S. Speedometer Co. Ltd. requesting a petrol tank for testing a rear tank petrol gauge.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\2\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 15th September 1926 | |
| THE O.{Mr Oldham} S. SPEEDOMETER CO. LTD. 3-6, Alfred Place, Tottenham Court Road, London, W.C.1. Telephone: MUSEUM 1602. Cables and Telegrams: OSPEEMETER WESTCENT, LONDON. Reference: PP/EM/1570. Code used: BENTLEY'S A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. [Logo: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD] Handwritten top right: V4039 Handwritten centre: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 15th. Sept. 1926. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby, England. Dear Sirs, In reply to your letter of the 13th instant, we shall be much obliged if you could forward us one of your petrol tanks as promised. Three or four days after the receipt of your tank, we shall despatch you the gauge ready for testing. A photo of the O.S.Rear Tank Petrol Gauge is enclosed. Yours faithfully, THE O.S.SPEEDOMETER CO.LTD. [Signature] Managing-Director. Handwritten bottom left: See Mr Sheston re Dwgs. 20 G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Tank | ||