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 an engine swap for Wraith car 29.G.VI.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0066 | |
Date | 11th July 1938 | |
600. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}10/JH.11.7.38. WRAITH CAR 29.G.VI. We wish to send the above car into the fitting shop tomorrow Tuesday, for the present engine unit to be removed and Wraith III No.9 unit fitted. No.9 unit should be handed to you from the test bed tomorrow. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||