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).
Fitting a modified non-spillable petrol tank filler cap for a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\2\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 18th July 1933 | |
| XR + GO To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}2/KT.18.7.33. NON SPILLABLE CAP-PETROL TANK FILLER. E.8/HP.6.7.33. The petrol tank filler to LeC.3466 incorporating the modifications to the leather washer and spring will be fitted to 27-EX. for the next 10,000 miles test. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||