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 five Wraith cylinder heads for further testing and potential production use.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\6\ 06-page45 | |
Date | 14th October 1938 | |
619 RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Pike BY.10/N.14.10.38. Wraith - Cylinder Head. Will you please arrange to let Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} have a further five cylinder heads of the type agreed to at the Chassis Conference on Tuesday last i.e. EW.1949. These are required to enable Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} to carry out further tests, and in all probability they will be returned to be used on production. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||