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).
Extract discussing the necessity of petrol tank guards due to damage from stones.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\1\ scan0290 | |
| Date | 20th May 1913 | |
| X570 Extract from Wa{Mr Wallis}/876/L 8713. Petrol Tank Guards. X.553 It is absolutely essential with the extra petrol tanks to protect the front end of them, we had one tank burst there with a stone and all of the others were badly dinged there. One of the wood protectors we fitted was split by a stone. We never found dinges anywhere else on the tanks. [Faint text at bottom, upside down:] R.R. 235 (20 H) XX (H) 791. 20.5.13) G 4420. [Watermark:] ATKINSON BOND | ||