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 the deletion of the sump from the Wraith petrol tank drawings due to cost and manufacturing difficulty.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 10\2\ 02-page19 | |
| Date | 14th September 1937 | |
| 651. To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}3/JH.14.9.37. Wraith Petrol Tank. Will you please arrange that the sump pressed in the bottom of the Wraith petrol tank is deleted on the drawings. This was done away with owing to cost and difficulty in manufacture. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||