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).
Instruction to remove features for the mechanical petrol pump from the Wraith III engine crankcase and camshaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\6\ scan0017 | |
| Date | 9th September 1937 | |
| E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dept. C. D?/NOTE. C. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IRD. C. Exp/DD. 1263 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}10/G.9.9.37. WRAITH - PETROL PUMP. In accordance with BY.6/G.8.9.37. will you please delete the facing for the mechanical petrol pump from the latest crankcase on Wraith 111 engine, together with the internal bosses etc. used for the operating mechanism. The cam should also be deleted from the camshaft. The next crankcase casting will therefore not have these features in connection with the mechanical pump. Will BY/RD. please begin a scheme for the petrol pump in the frame in accordance with this. I have instructed the alteration to the crankcase. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||