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).
The distribution of blueprints and production of the exhaust system for the B.80 engine in the Wraith 80 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\1\ scan0005 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1939 | |
| 104H noted 2c/u wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} To: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WYM{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} BY/Cs BY/HEB{H. Biraben} c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/Wld c. to ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Les NY/NS{Norman Scott}2/MG.3.3.39 305 VII B.80 ENGINE IN WRAITH 80 CHASSIS EXHAUST SYSTEM We send you herewith Blue Prints of: E.CD.1074 - Silencer Suspension Wraith 80 E.CD.1085 - Twin Exhaust Manifold " " E.CD.1087 - Downtake and Intermediate Pipes. Wraith 80 E.CD.1089 - 1/4 Scale Layout of Exhaust System. " " together with a copy of Memo DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}11/G.9.12.38. This job has been discussed with Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WYM{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}, and he has agreed to produce the pieces required for fitting the Buick Silencer to the first chassis without detail drawings, with the exception of the Exhaust Manifold and U piece. Will BY/Cs please produce the detail drawings of the Exhaust Manifold and the U shaped Connecting Piece. The prints are therefore sent to BY/HEB{H. Biraben} for filing only, until further instructions are issued. BY/NS{Norman Scott} 1 Print to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WYM{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 1 Print to BY/Cs. 1 Print to BY/HEB{H. Biraben} 1 Print to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 1 Print to RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/Wld 1 Print to ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Les | ||