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Requesting to fit a Wraith 5 blade fan to a car while it is in the shop for other modifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 8\9\  09-page11
Date  12th November 1937
  
To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Std.
c. Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Std.12/MH. {M. Huckerby} 12.11.37.
26-G-VI.
While this car is in shop for modifications to radiator, cyl. head, undershields etc. will you please fit to it the Wraith 5 blade fan which you fitted up for us on the test bed, and which has run 5 hours endurance together with the .85 ratio drive and belt.
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Std.
  
  
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).


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