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).
Suggestion to modify the petrol tank strap for the Wraith and Bentley III models to prevent damage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\6\ scan0004 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1937 | |
| 1263. To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}12/JH.3.9.37. WRAITH AND BENTLEY III PETROL TANK. Difficulty has been experienced with the strap hanging on the Wraith tank where the tensioner on top tends to make the strap bite into the tank. We suggest that the top strap is carried in one piece over the top of the tank and a tensioner placed in the bolt which carries the front plate where the straps are now attached. This should not increase cost but rather reduces it by saving rivets and slot cut in the short piece of strap now used. A rough sketch is attached. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||