Request to manufacture and fit a stiffened gearbox extension shaft to a Wraith car for experimentation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 25th March 1938 | |
| 628 To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 7/MH. {M. Huckerby} 25.3.38. WRAITH CAR 29.G.VI. Will you please make one stiffened gear box extension shaft to P.D.133 and fit same to above car when ready. This is for experiment on the 44 - 47 M.P.H. period. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||
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).