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).
Copy of a cable regarding the standardisation of petrol tanks and updates on shock absorbers and spring experiments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\2\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 1st July 1920 | |
| R.R. 199 (250T) (SD676 19-7-17) MF180865 X.3888 E.F.C. COPY OF CABLE. RECEIVED 1.7.20. X.3888 X.3684 ROLLS ROYCE, SPRINGFIELD. MASS. CLAUDE JOHNSON NADIN RE PETROL TANKS WITH RESERVED COMPARTMENT GAUGE AND SIDE FILLER THIS IS BEING used USED FORWARD FOR GENERAL ADOPTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE stop REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS NOT YET STANDARDISED BUT SENDING UP TO DATE DRAWINGS stop REAR SPRING EXPERIMENTS WELL FORWARD ANTICIPATE SETTLING QUESTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER HOLIDAYS. BAILEY. ROLLS ROYCE. c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||