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).
Directive to source all future tyre pumps from Messrs E.H.Hill of Sheffield, specifically their No.7 'Compact' model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\5\ scan0107 | |
| Date | 1st July 1927 | |
| BM/HMB. c.c.General Office. c.c.Mr. Eg. c.HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} x993 BY2/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 1.7.27. TYRE PUMPS. Please note that any further tyre pumps we order should be bought from Messrs E.H.Hill, Ltd. of Sheffield, and the particular pump we require is their No.7."Compact". This matter has all been thrashed out in the Experimental Dept., discussed with Sales, and finally agreed to as being the correct pump from the point of view of capacity, and further, it is of such a size as to make it possible to find accommodation for same on the car. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Stamp: RECEIVED JUL 1 1927 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}] | ||