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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).
Modifications to a Wraith car's steering and gearbox.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 108\2\  scan0187
Date  19th December 1938
  
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To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}7/JH.19.12.38.

Wraith car 25.G.VI.

We are sending the above car into the fitting shop for the following jobs to be done.

(1) Remove present steering column and fit standard ratio cam and roller. The cam should be one produced in our Works.
(2) Fit new 1st. motion shaft to gear box, 35° Helix in SNZCR material.

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
  
  


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