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 to fit a new 11' Borg & Beck clutch to a Wraith engine as the current clutch is too worn for safe use.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0224 | |
| Date | 17th May 1938 | |
| 600a To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/PS. c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}8/JH.17.5.38. Re Wraith Unit No.W.III.7. Chassis No.26.G.VI. Will you please fit the above engine with a new 11" Borg & Beck clutch and a Thermoid plate booked from production stock. The driving lugs of the present clutch are too much worn for further use with safety. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||