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).
Internal request to produce trial undersheets for Wraith and B.III chassis using steel instead of aluminium.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 112\1\ scan0029 | |
| Date | 7th December 1937 | |
| 1044 850 also 200b. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.3/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.12.37. UNDERSHEETS - B.III AND B.50. We wish to try a set of undersheets similar to those which you have made for 28.G.VI and as a model for production, but made in .028 steel instead of .048 aluminium. Will you please produce such a set of undersheets for a Wraith car and also a similar set for the first B.III chassis. When the Wraith set are almost ready we will put a car into the shop for fitting. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||