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 urgent production and fitting of a Wraith vertical piston double downdraught carburetter to a Buick engine for development.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\4\ X 608 Carburetter-page04 | |
| Date | 3rd January 1935 | |
| To EY. Copy to Messrs. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} HMG. 608/4709 E/PSN.1/MN.3/1/35. U R G E N T. WRAITH. Vertical Piston Double Downdraught Carburetter. We send you herewith LeC 4187 showing the vertical piston double downdraught carburetter for the above engine. We wish to get this carburetter made as soon as possible and fitted to the Buick engine. This should enable us to get some development work done on this carburetter before the Wraith engine comes along. E/PSN. Att: LeC 4187. | ||