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).
Note detailing a suitable Autovac Tank model and a method to prevent oil from soaking through a felt strip.
| Identifier | Morton\M1.1\ img040 | |
| Date | 1st June 1921 | |
| ENGINE No 'G' 2H Contd. H54/LG22. 6.21. ---------------- trying a piece of sheet metal rivetted to the cover so that the oil cannot collect on the felt strip and soak through We have received several models of Autovac Tank from the makers for this car. The most suitable one appears to be Type AV.31, which has a tank 5.5" diameter and 6" in depth. The reserve capacity in this tank is 2 pts. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||