Modification of speedometer gears for an experimental Wraith chassis to test a special A.C. speedometer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img051 | |
| Date | 15th March 1937 | |
| SECRET 6011. To By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Cgh. {W Clough} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst.7/AP.15.3.37. WRAITH SPEEDOMETER GEARS. We want to try out a special A.C. speedometer on one of our experimental Wraith chassis and in order to do this the speedometer gears will have to be modified to give a revs. per mile figure of as near as possible, 1001. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /TWD. {T. W. D’Aeith} has already instructed a set of gears suitable for this speedometer for the Bentley chassis. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst. | ||
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).