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).
Instructing the shop to fit a new welded front pan to the Wraith Bumper Chassis following a 50-hour bump test.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\1\ scan0161 | |
Date | 7th January 1939 | |
1024 TO HBS/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FKW. c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/FS.{F. Steele} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK.8/JH.7.1.39. Wraith Bumper Chassis. The above chassis will shortly have completed its 50 hrs. on the bump. Will you therefore please issue instructions to the shop to fit the new welded front pan at the conclusion of the present test. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. | ||