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).
Missed failure and subsequent observation of a Superflexit Petrol Pipe.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0258 | |
| Date | 15th October 1936 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X200a Oct. 15th, 1936. 6-B-IV Superflexit Petrol Pipe. A failure of this pipe was missed reporting upon while the car was in Paris. When the engine was rebuilt up after examining the bearings, upon starting up, the flexible petrol pipe was seen to be leaking approx. one inch from the union attached to the pump. I instructed Waller to change it, but upon getting anew flexible pipe, the leak had stopped, so I informed Waller to watch the job. Meanwhile we received your instructions for the car to return therefore no further observations of the pipe was taken. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||