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).
Modifying the Goshawk 11 petrol tank filter and sump to increase ground clearance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\3\ Scan251 | |
| Date | 5th July 1923 | |
| To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to CJ. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} X.4266 Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 2/M5.7.23. GOSHAWK 11. PETROL TANK. X.4266 Please receive N.sch. 1431. shewing a modified filter and bottom sump intended to raise the latter up and increase the ground clearance. The filter is intended to be put up and drawn off by means of a pair of pliers gripping the tongue at the bottom. The hexagon at the bottom has been increased to the sparking plug size. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||