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).
Test results and the procedure for fitting bonnets to the Wraith III model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\6\ scan0286 | |
| Date | 23th March 1937 guessed | |
| -3- results of your test as the whole matter is of considerable interest in connection with our present production, and the scheme which has to be adopted for Wraith lll. In order to deliver the bonnets and to set them up for the fitting of the bonnet catches and locks, a temporary support on the dashboard in the neighbourhood of the side hinge would be provided on the chassis. This would be removed by the Coachbuilder after the body was mounted and before the bonnet was finally fitted. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||