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 decision to use a screw nozzle in the tool kit rather than adopting a tilted outside petrol filler.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\4\ scan0139 | |
| Date | 9th December 1936 | |
| 24 1263 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/R.9.12.36. OUTSIDE PETROL FILLERS. It has been decided that the outside petrol filler tilted does not offer sufficient advantage to be worth while adopting, and that the best solution is to carry a screw nozzle to put on the petrol tin in the tool kit. We used to carry such nozzles on our cars four or five years ago. Will you please look into the matter, and see what you can recommend. We want the lightest and least costly proprietary article obtainable. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||