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).
The operation of the main and reserve fuel tanks and proposed improvements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\1\ Scan118 | |
| Date | 29th January 1960 guessed | |
| -5- Action a) 4 3/4 gall had to be put into the main tank before the reserve tank begins to fill. b) Running out of main tank fuel on M1 would involve the customer and driver getting out of the car to switch onto reserve. A tap which can be operated from the driver's seat is to be investigated and revised schemes of piping between the main and reserve tanks are to be submitted for approval. VS{J. Vickers} and Kgt Hpd | ||