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Requesting a test for a rear bumper scheme on the Wraith model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 118\3\  scan0125
Date  27th May 1938
  
Secret. 1023
To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} . from Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 5/N.27.5.38.
Re: Rear Bumpers - Wraith.
We would be glad if you could arrange to test for us as soon as possible, the scheme for a rear bumper on the Wraith having a body overhang of 46" as shown on F.CD.672, for reasons outlined in the attached memo.
Handwritten text:
F. {Mr Friese} DODD - Please carry out this test Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
MSC
I asked for this 16th previously. have you seen anything of it. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD {Frank Dodd - Bodies}
Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
Finished & Tested
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /D
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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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