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).
Recommendation to test flexible piping and rig a Pierce Arrow overdrive unit onto a car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\3\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 14th December 1936 guessed | |
| (3) flexible piping be tested. Not only is it probable that this piping would be considerably cheaper than the armoured hose that we use at present, but it might be possible to do away with the carburetter filter which was installed primarily to do away with the foreign matter which worked out of the existing petrol piping. (12)Overdrives. It is recommended that the Pierce Arrow overdrive unit which was brought back from America should be rigged up on a Rolls-Royce car. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||