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).
Letter to H.M. Hobson Ltd. inquiring about calibrating a new model fuel tank and the potential for a custom dashboard gauge.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\2\ Scan016 | |
| Date | 30th December 1926 | |
| Y220# X4038 Expl: Dept: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG. 30th. Dec. 1926. Messrs. H.M.Hobson Ltd., 29-31, Vauxhall Bridge Rd., London S.W.1. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Major Searight. With reference to your letter of the 23rd. in connection with the Hobson K-S Telegage, and the calibration of one of our latest model tanks. We should like to know how long it would take you to calibrate a tank? One of our cars will be at the Coachbuilders for a fortnight or so during January, and we might possibly be able to let you have the tank for a couple of days, if this will be sufficient for your purpose. We are actually thinking of fitting one of your Gauges to this car as a permanent proposition and should be obliged if you could let us know whether you have a gauge face shewing a rather wider scale for the 20-gallon, and rather a better finish, which you consider would be suitable for the dashboard of a R-R car. Yours faithfully, | ||