Costs and specifications for a Wraith front bumper bar, comparing Ridlington and Wilmot-Breeden models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\3\ scan0092 | |
| Date | 1st April 1938 | |
| bbtf To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les. SECRET. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les.7/AP.1.4.38 WRAITH FRONT BUMPER BAR. 1023. Re your Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 13E./31.3.38. We hope to be able to show you a Ridlington bumper made to a similar specification as the 30/- Wilmot Breeden bumper, fitted to a car on Tuesday. This is the bumper item No.6. in our memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les.6/MH. {M. Huckerby} 26.3.38 which cost 35/-. The tool cost for the Ridlington bumper is £37 higher than the Wilmot-Breeden bumper. We are going to make some samples of alternative over-riders for the Wilmot-Breeden Bumper. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les. | ||
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).