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 urgently order a second experimental electric petrol gauge with a reserve warning light for a Bentley from Messrs. Smiths.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\4\ img033 | |
| Date | 19th July 1934 | |
| 86583 Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/MA.19.7.34. BENTLEY ELECTRIC PETROL GAUGE WITH RESERVE WARNING LIGHT CONTACTS. Messrs.Smiths have supplied us with an experimental electric petrol gauge fitted with a pair of contacts in the tank unit for the purpose of operating a warning light on the instrument board when the petrol level is low. Will you please pass an order to them for this unit to our order No.54107. We now require a further identical unit for fitting to another experimental Bentley, and we shall be glad if you will order a further unit for us to Order No.54107. This unit is most urgently required, and we shall be glad if you will ask Messrs.Smiths to let us have it as quickly as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||