Requesting the production of a 5-fuse distribution board for Wraith Experimental cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\8\ img026 | |
| Date | 5th January 1938 | |
| c. Fm/RC. {R. Childs} 6067. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD.1/E.5.1.38. 5 FUSE DISTRIBUTION BOARD - D.CD.70 & D.CD.266. Will you please put in hand for Wraith Experimental cars, excluding the first six which have a temporary distribution board on them, a Distribution Board to LOP. DW.536. This is a 5 fuse distribution board with open type fuses. Blueprints of the new parts are attached herewith as follows :- DW.429 - Distribution Board Base. DW.430 - Cover. DW.431 - Fuse Clip. DW.432 - Holder - Spare Fuse Wire. DW.433 - Clip - Distribution Board Cover. DW.434 - Terminal Bolt. DW.435 - Nut. DW.538 - Clamp. DW.539 - Connecting Plate. DW.540 - Connecting Link. We attach herewith an extra blueprint of DW.429 & 430 Base & Cover for despatch to Messrs. Lucas who will undertake the manufacture of these mouldings. Will you please urge this job along as Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} is already complaining about the inaccessibility of the mockup scheme on the first Wraiths. One set of prints attached to HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH {R. Hollingworth} 's copy and one set attached to RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /CAN's copy together with the tracings. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD | ||
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).