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).
Instruction to manufacture one pair of mild steel levers for a Wraith Roll Rod, with specific details on drilling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\5\ 05-page234 | |
| Date | 15th November 1938 | |
| 646 Y To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. MX.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}9/MH.{M. Huckerby}15.11.38. WRAITH ROLL ROD - 27.G.VI. Will you please make one pair of levers FW.1947 in Mild Steel as soon as possible. The two holes in the plate for attachment to the suspension, marked on the print given to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}, should not be drilled as the suspension levers on 27.G.VI are obsolete and the plate will have to be drilled to suit them. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||