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).
Instructing the fitting of temporary steel diagonal stays to two Wraith cars for testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\2\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 7th April 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}1/JH.7.4.38. WRAITH CARS 28.G.VI and 29.G.VI. Whilst you have the above 2 cars in the fitting shop will you please arrange to fit as a temporary scheme and purely for test purposes, steel diagonal stays between the rear of the body and the frame. A sample of what we want can be seen on 25.G.VI. and 26.G.VI. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||