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 to Ceandess Ltd. requesting a filler cap to act as a breather for a Bentley's petrol tank.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan171 | |
| Date | 11th May 1936 | |
| X262 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.9/KW. 11th May, 1936. Messrs. Ceandess Ltd., Merridale Works, Merridale Street, Wolverhampton. Dear Sirs, We are requiring another of your filler caps for Mr. Hall's Bentley. This one is to act as a breather when filling the petrol tank. The outside diameter of the tube is 2.812", bore 2.650". Can you please let us have a print of the cap you suggest, together with an adaptor for this tubing. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||