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).
Confirming the fitting of a larger Phantom II petrol tank to car 19-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\5\ Scan190 | |
| Date | 1st February 1933 | |
| LID{A. J. Lidsey} See me x7460. #S To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wcr.E. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} re P.II Petrol Tank. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}15/E1.2.33 Referring to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}2/MA.25.1.33 I confirm conversation yesterday to the effect that this larger tank will be fitted up on 19-EX when it comes back from France, so as to have the opportunity of being tried with other items which you are going to embody on this car at the same time. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||