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 failure of a near side front suspension bottom rubber buffer on a Wraith III chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0248 | |
| Date | 4th January 1938 | |
| To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} c. to HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 600a HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth}3/VS.{J. Vickers}4.1.38. WRAITH III CHASSIS 26.G.VI. GW.1596. Bottom Rubber Buffer. The near side buffer for the front suspension on the above chassis has started to come away from the metal support plate. While the adhesion between rubber and plate is still good, the vulcanising is beginning to fail at the edges. This piece was fitted new 30.6.37., and has completed 10,400 road miles, including 7,100 miles test in France. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Hollingworth. | ||