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).
Advocating for the replacement of a reserve tap with a petrol warning light on Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\4\ img031 | |
| Date | 19th July 1934 | |
| S/W H/Wsd WST 24523 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} From Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wop. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ZY.Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Nat.RV/BD.{Mr Berend} Re Petrol Warning Light in place of Reserve Tap on Bentley. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}11/E19.7.34 I am very much interested to read E.2/HP.18.7.34. Personally I like the idea of a warning light very much indeed. After all, all one needs is to be warned that one is down to the last two or three gallons, and to be warned by a light instead of by popping in the carburetter is preferable, especially when one knows that the introduction of such a scheme would cut out a lot of complication in the pipes, taps etc. and save expense. I should like to see the scheme introduced on RRs as well as Bentley's. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||