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).
Request to strip a Packard back axle for inspection to inform the design of the banjo back axle for the Wraith.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\1\ scan0261 | |
| Date | 17th January 1936 | |
| x1086 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}23/KW.17.1.36. Packard Rear Axles. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} has made a special request that we should strip the Packard back axle and lay it out in some quiet corner where he can have a look atit. He is at the moment designing the banjo back axle for the Wraith, and badly wants the Packard information. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||