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).
To Mr. Max Pemberton regarding a fault with petrol gauge fibre washers and their replacement with cork washers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\2\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 11th September 1923 | |
| Y3596 C.J. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG11.9.23. PETROL GAUGE. Mr. Max Pemberton. Referring to the attached ref. BJ28/H4.9.23. There was no petrol gauge fitted to the first cars which ran 10,000 miles, although, since then, a number of cars have run more than 10,000 miles with these gauges fitted without giving trouble. The fault which has shown up is that the fibre washers were not making a proper joint - these are now all being changed to cork washers. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||