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).
Need for a centrally vented tank to simplify and improve the reliability of the petrol gauge.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\5\ Scan054 | |
| Date | 7th November 1930 | |
| X7460 To Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/W.7.11.30. X7460 X4038 CENTRALLY VENTED TANK. This is required very badly to simplify the petrol gauge. Your scheme of a neater tank unit top has been seen by Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}, who is not very enthusiastic about it, but apart from this we have had difficulty in making it work properly as for some reason the face joint at the back fills the lines with petrol. If we get the centrally vented tank unit, we at once increase the reliability of the gauge by 50% and should increase its cost by at least 30%. Will you please let us know if you have the matter in hand. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||