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).
Internal request to order a complete electric petrol gauge from Messrs. Smith & Sons for a 16.G.IV car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\3\ scan0325 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1932 | |
| 84523. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.1/MA.3. 3. 32. Will you please order from Messrs. Smith & Sons of Cricklewood one complete electric petrol gauge:- 1 instrument board unit D.53264. 1 tank unit F.58446. 1 cable F.58953. This gauge is for 16.G.IV. car for use with a Smith instrument patch. As the patch is already fitted to the car, we should like the petrol gauge at the earliest possible date. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||