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 manufacture one lightened Bentley petrol tank for 5.B.1V with a modified side filler, including component specifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0400 | |
| Date | 22th January 1937 | |
| 200a J To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}1/AP.22.1.37. Will you please have made one Bentley lightened petrol tank for 5.B.1V. having modified side filler. Tank Body. FB.1440 in 24.SWG. End Plates FB.326 in 20.SWG. Baffles. FB.547/8 in 24.SWG. Tunnel to Tank Body F.85837 in 20.SWG. Filler F.85836. Baffle FB.1414. Stone guard to be supplied already made. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||