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).
Questioning the use of electric petrol pumps over gear-driven pumps.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\1\ scan0178 | |
| Date | 13th September 1935 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} x1263 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Petrol Pumps. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}11/E13.9.35 I shall be interested to know why we are using electric petrol pumps as distinct from gear driven petrol pumps which so many other car manufacturers appear to use. Personally I feel that the positively driven gear pump is apt to be a much more reliable affair than an electric gadget. What have we against the gear driven pump? Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||