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).
Loan and potential modification of Solex carburetters for the Wraith design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\2\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 25th February 1935 guessed | |
| - sheet 3 - exhaust heated "frying pan" there should be no difficulty in obtaining good slow running. Mr Mills is sending us one dual downdraught 35 mm. throttle diameter carburetter and one dual vertical carburetter of the same size. These carburetters will not be fitted with correct jets and chokes or even with the throttles arranged as we should ultimately require them. They are being sent purely to enable us to look into the possibilities of arranging them on the Wraith design. If we decide to use either types then at a later date we can have the throttles modified to work how we wish and also have the correct chokes and jets fitted. These carburetters are being supplied to us on loan and we are under no obligation to the Solex Company in consequence. E/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||