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).
Clarifying a misunderstanding about the storage location of the Bentley tyre pump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\5\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 19th October 1933 | |
| W/S. To Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}11/KT.19.10.33: BENTLEY TYRE PUMP. Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}3/KW.19.10.33. We certainly were under the impression that the pump is carried under the bonnet. The reason was that clips were mentioned as being used for locating the pump; we inferred erroneously that these were made by the coachbuilder and fitted under the bonnet together with the other tools; we had not considered the possibility of the pump being clipped in the luggage locker. We have written to the makers of the pump and put your criticisms before them and will let you know what transpires. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||