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 the fitting of a dynamo to a Wraith car (27.G.V1) for night use and an adjustment to the rear axle gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\6\ 06-page372 | |
| Date | 8th November 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 600 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}1/AP.8.11.37. WRAITH CAR 27.G.V1. As you are probably aware, the above car has been running about ever since it was produced without a dynamo. This has become extremely inconvenient with the shorter hours of daylight, and we would like you to fit a dynamo as soon as possible and bend the exhaust downtake pipe to miss the dynamo and cover. This is purely a temporary measure to enable us to use the car at night. Also take slack out of rear axle gears and revert to standard. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||