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).
Trial of heat-resisting steel for the exhaust expansion box on a Wraith WXA.2 car.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\5\ scan0240 | |
Date | 20th August 1938 | |
665 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}1/JH.20.8.38. Wraith WXA.2. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}'s Car. We wish to try some heat resisting steel in the front expansion box of the exhaust system on the above car. We are sending you the expansion box and steel sheeting for fitting same. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||