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).
Proposal to use the Kinsman Mark II hand-operated tyre pump instead of the Nesthill No.9 foot-operated pump on various chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\5\ scan0183 | |
| Date | 2nd April 1936 | |
| F.Dodd. What is your opinion of the two pumps mentioned. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}: c. Wcr. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Chassis Costs. We should like to put forward for consideration the suggestion to use the Kinsman Mark II hand operated tyre pump on the 25/30 HP car in place of the present Nesthill No.9 Compact foot operated tyre pump. The Kinsman pump costs 10/6d and the Nesthill 14/-, the saving being 3/6d per chassis. The Kinsman pump is standard on the Bentley chassis and was adopted because of its lighter weight and lower cost. There was originally a certain amount of doubt about using a hand operated pump but it was eventually decided to do so on the Bentley. We should have accumulated enough experience by now to know whether any objections have been raised against it by our customers, and Sales could possibly give us this information. If it has given satisfaction there does not appear to be any reason why it should not be adopted on the 25/30 HP. chassis and also on Phantom III. The Kinsman pump is extremely efficient, more so we believe than the Nesthill, and the only point at issue, therefore, is the acceptibility of a hand operated pump on a Rolls-Royce car. E/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||