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).
Modification memo regarding the cylinder head gasket for the B.III and Wraith cored cylinder block.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\1\ scan0118 | |
| Date | 15th September 1938 | |
| 419 also 619 To By/CS. c. to Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/MoS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}18/JH.15.9.38. MODIFIED CORED CYLINDER BLOCK FOR B.III AND WRAITH (ECD.871). Regarding the cylinder head gasket which has been issued for the above as a C & A joint (EW.1924 we should like this deleted and replaced by a "klingerit 1000" gasket .030 thickness. This drawing should include other than the material alteration, deletion of the unnecessary holes marked up on the attached print of EW.1924. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||