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).
Requesting a covering order for a petrol gauge instrument board unit for a 16-G4 car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\3\ scan0333 | |
| Date | 20th April 1932 | |
| To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} x4523 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.1/MJ.20.4.32. xx663. PETROL GAUGE FOR 16-G4 CAR. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. whilst at Messrs. Smith & Sons, Cricklewood Works, London on Monday the 18th.inst., left the instrument board unit of an electrical petrol gauge. This requires the casing to be made suitable for use with an instrument patch. The gauge was delivered by hand because it is urgently required. Will you therefore please send a covering order to Messrs. Smith & Sons, and remind them of the urgency with which this gauge is required. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/T.A.Leslie. | ||