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).
Request for a crankshaft detail to revert to standard closing plugs for the Wraith 8-cylinder engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\1\ scan0056 | |
| Date | 22th October 1938 | |
| DV/HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. DV/CS c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 666. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}9/G.22.10.38. WRAITH 80. 8 CYLINDER ENGINE. CRANKSHAFT. We understand that Experimental Department have come to the conclusion that using Welch washers to close the lightening bores on crankshafts is not a practicable job, and it will therefore be necessary to revert to the standard type of closing plugs on the 8 cylinder crankshaft. A detail of the crankshaft to suit is therefore required. Could you produce one? DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||