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).
Request to manufacture and fit a stiffened gearbox extension shaft to a Wraith car for experimentation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 25th March 1938 | |
| 628 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}7/MH.{M. Huckerby}25.3.38. WRAITH CAR 29.G.VI. Will you please make one stiffened gear box extension shaft to P.D.133 and fit same to above car when ready. This is for experiment on the 44 - 47 M.P.H. period. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||