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).
Delay to engine/vehicle C.P.E.9 due to a leaking supplementary petrol tank.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 10\3\ 03-page058 | |
| Date | 26th February 1913 | |
| Mr. C.P.'s. Dept. 14/C/13 26.2.13 LATE ENGINE. Enclosed please find report received from the R.A.C. as to the reason for the late arrival on the 24th inst. of C.P.E.9. which was delayed 40 mins. in the morning. C.P.E.9 was delayed 40 mins. at the start on account of a leak developing in a supplementary petrol tank and the necessity of re-arranging the tonneau. A.W. | ||