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).
Request to manufacture two stone guards for a lightened Phantom III petrol tank.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\4\ scan0232 | |
| Date | 9th January 1937 | |
| 357 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}14/JH.9.1.37. Stone Guards for Lightened P.III Petrol Tank. Will you please have two stone guards made for the above tanks in 24S.W.G. tinned steel over felt .250 thick dimensions and fixing to the tank as per attached sketch. This is similar to the Bentley scheme F.B.2666 with the exception of the smaller fixing lugs which are to be sweated to the tank. Will you please have this fitted to the lightened tank for 39-EX when it is completed. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/J.B.Dixon. | ||