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 suspension buffer clearances for a Wraith model, noting an issue with the offside front.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0057 | |
| Date | 26th July 1937 | |
| To. Ra c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} CHATEAUROUX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/9/JAB.26.7.37. Handwritten: Les Handwritten: 600a Handwritten: See me I note that the Wraith just coming out of the shop also lists Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 26.G.VI.- WRAITH. Suspension. With car empty The buffer clearances on "bump" are as follows:- Front N.S. 1.3/4" O.S. 1" Rear N.S. 5.3/4" O.S. 5.1/4" The O.S.F. comes very hard on the buffer over large bumps. Roberts tells us that this difference in buffer clearances and consequent list of the car to the offside was present when it came out of the Shop. ----------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||