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).
Misfiring issue in a Wraith car caused by faulty sparking plug suppressors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\5\ scan0233 | |
| Date | 17th June 1938 | |
| S - 665 To By/RD. c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}9/JH.17.6.38. WXA.2. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}'s Wraith. The misfiring trouble on this car was caused by 3 of the sparking plug suppressors breaking down, nothing was wrong with the R.R. coil. We have however changed over to a Delco coil in view of the change of policy. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||