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 ascertain the weight of a 33-gallon lightened petrol tank for Spectre.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\4\ scan0178 | |
| Date | 21th September 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X 351 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring} 2/KW. 21.9.35. 33-gallon Lightened Petrol Tank for SpectreCodename for Phantom III. When the above tank is returned from Smiths, will you please ascertain its weight. We also wish to know the weight of the tank when the strengthened ends are fitted to LeC.4715. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring} | ||