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 new, cheaper and lighter 28-gallon petrol tank for a Phantom II to a test chassis for standardization.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\5\ Scan200 | |
| Date | 2nd November 1933 | |
| K7660 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}2/KT.2.11.33. We have received from the works a 28 gallon petrol tank (Phantom II) which has been made in a much cheaper and lighter form than the present standard one. Will you please arrange to have thid fitted to the bumper test chassis as soon as possible, as we wish to be able to standardise it, if satisfactory, very quickly. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||