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).
Competitor's air pump and a potential order for an experimental pump on Armoured Cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\4\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 13th July 1921 | |
| R.R. 285B (100 T) (S.H. 89. 22-7-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2769 RECEIVED Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X4197 OF X4197 RE AIR PUMP FOR TYRES. BY2-P13.7.21. Col. Hutchinson, last time I was down in London, remarked that he was not satisfied with the Maxfield pump at all. Originally we told him that it did not appear to be a very good job, but he was then unable to await production of the Rolls Royce pump. There appears to be some further possibility of a further order for Armoured Cars, and if this is the case they will most probably specify the Rolls Royce Air Pump, which Col. Hutchinson knows of as running experimentally. What are your views in regard to the Pump if we are asked to fit it? BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} By | ||