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).
Request to make and supply petrol pipes for two different schemes for testing on vehicles 32-EX and 39-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\4\ scan0381 | |
| Date | 2nd August 1937 | |
| To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}1 er. 1263 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}2/JH.2.8.37. Will you please make and supply petrol pipes for the following schemes :- (1) LeC.5748 (2 sets complete) This includes H.P. pumps in frame and single H.P. pump on O.S. bonnet rest plate near dashboard. (2) Similar to LeC.5748 (2 sets complete) This includes H.P. pumps in frame and standard pumps on dashboard. Both schemes to have pumps in parallel. The two sets of each scheme are for tests on 32-EX and 39-EX. The above work is already being carried out in conjunction with HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/Elston. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe} | ||