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Requesting the recalibration of a Wraith III speedometer to suit new axle gears.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 165\2\  img169
Date  1st April 1938
  
To B/Er. from HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel}
HA/SC.
G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /Rh. {R. Hollingworth}
Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer}
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}

6065

HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 3/BA.1.4.38.

O {Mr Oldham} /52435.

Wraith III Speedometer 28-G-VI.

We hand you herewith 1 Speedometer No.U.898 from the above car, will you please forward same to the makers for the purpose of having this instrument recalibrated, to suit fitting of 8/34 Axle Gears, from 776 revs per mile to 732 r.p.m.

Will Roy {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} , please place an official order covering this.

HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel}
  
  
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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