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Modifications to the exhaust system of Wraith car 27.G.VI (Mx.).


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 7\1\  600b 27 G V1 Mx Car-page34
Date  5th July 1938
  
600.

To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 14/MH. {M. Huckerby} 5.7.38.

WRAITH CAR 27.G.VI (Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} )

We are sending the above car into the fitting shop for the following modifications to the exhaust system.

(1) Fit straight thro' front downtake pipe.
(2) Fit modified centre expansion box removed from 29.G.VI.
(3) Fit 1.750" dia. tail pipe.

We would also like a second 1.750" dia. tail pipe making ready to be fitted to Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 's car.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
  
  
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).


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