Requesting the inclusion of modified cylinder blocks for B.III & Wraith III units to assist the foundry and create an economy in production.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\1\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 9th September 1938 | |
| c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMW {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD {Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} r 419 also To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 619.Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 2/MH. {M. Huckerby} 9.9.38. CYLINDER BLOCKS (B.III & WRAITH III.) Will you please include the modified cylinder blocks to ECD.871 on the three new units you are building for us, namely W.III No.10, B.III Nos. 6 and 7. The modification is to assist the foundry in their casting and represents an economy in production. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} | ||
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