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).
List of modification jobs to be carried out on Wraith Car 29.G.V1 in the Fitting Shop.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0051 | |
Date | 24th March 1938 | |
800 6 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}1/AP.24.3.38 WRAITH CAR 29.G.V1. We are sending the above car into the Fitting Shop for the following jobs:- 1. Remove present slipper flywheels and refit standard one set at 10 lbs. slipping load. 2. Remove rear exhaust silencer and fit one which Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} will supply. 3. Modify radiator as perRm/Std.3/AP.22.3.38. 4. Fit 70° Durometer hardness rubbers to front engine mounting. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||