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 possibility of welding the Bonnet Side Strip instead of riveting it for the Wraith model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\6\ X 605 Bonnet-page31 | |
| Date | 10th January 1939 | |
| HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/DEB. 605 BY/NS.{Norman Scott}10/G.10.1.39. STEADMAN - WTR / SD PLEASE SAY Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} WRAITH. BONNET SIDE STRIP. We have been asked by RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/DMB. to consider the possibility of securing the Rest Angle to the Bonnet Side Strip by welding, instead of by riveting. Drawings of this were produced at the request of HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LX. and issued under BY/CS.1/HH.1.11.38. We understand that sample pieces were fitted to an experimental chassis. Would you kindly give us a report as to the suitability of the scheme for production. BY/NS.{Norman Scott} | ||