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).
Sending a Wraith car to the fitting shop for examination of a gearbox oil leak.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\2\ scan0115 | |
| Date | 27th June 1938 | |
| 600 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}2/JH.27.6.38. WRAITH CAR 25.G.VI. We are sending the above car into the fitting shop for examination of the front end of the gearbox for bad oil leaks, This box has leaked 12 cc's of oil in 90 miles. The oil is coloured with Prussian blue and should not be thrown away. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||