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).
Requesting a check on the readiness and production of various ignition distributors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168\3\ img172 | |
| Date | 11th May 1939 | |
| 649 To RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} from RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swal. c. By/AD. c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swal.2/WH.11.5.39. IGNITION DISTRIBUTORS. Will you please check that the necessary distributors are in hand and will be ready for the following new units which are instructed to be produced. B.80 - Nos. 4, 5 and 6 units. 8-Cylinder Conventional - No. 1 unit. B.60 - Nos. 5 and 6 units. Wraith III No.10 unit (Converted to Continental for 14.B.) Wraith Ripple - No.1 unit. 4-Cylinder "mock up" engine. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swal. | ||