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).
Replacing an R.R. ignition distributor with a Delco distributor on a Wraith car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\2\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 16th March 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} x. 600 - Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}1/JH.16.3.38. Wraith Car 28.0.6. We are sending the above car into the fitting shop to have the R.R. ignition distributor removed and the Delco distributor refitted. This necessitates the removal of the bottom half crankcase and the changing of the drive. The R.R. distributor when removed should be handed to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||