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).
Requesting a standard gauge front silencer for a Wraith 26.G.VI after a lightened version proved too 'tinny'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0253 | |
| Date | 10th January 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 600a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}11/JH.10.1.38. WRAITH 26.G.VI. EXHAUST SYSTEM. We have now tried the lightened gauge exhaust system on the above car, and have come to the conclusion that the front silencer is too 'tinny'. Will you please therefore instruct for a standard gauge front silencer to be made and fitted. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||