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The location of the 20-HP petrol supply tap, concluding it should remain under the bonnet.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\3\  Scan260
Date  13th November 1923
  
BM [struck through]
c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [struck through]
G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Pt. [struck through]

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EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 15/H13.11.23.

re. 20-HP Petrol Supply Tap.

With reference to Pt's memo reference Pt6/CW12.bl.23, suggesting an external tap for the petrol supply.

This point was brought to R's attention when I was with him with one of the early experimental 20-HP cars, but in spite of the point raised as regards fire etc. R. {Sir Henry Royce} was still of the opinion that the control of the petrol supply to the carburetter should be under the bonnet. [handwritten] Avoid piping and fittings etc.

EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
  
  
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).


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