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).
Modifications to the bonnet side strips and petrol tank straps for a Wraith car, specifically replacing rivets with spot welds.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 4th October 1938 | |
| 605 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 4.10.38. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/SM WRAITH CAR NO. 29.G.VI. Bonnet and Side Strips. Will you please note that on the bonnet side strips EW.1760/1 Face Plate. EW.1504/8 Rest Angle. the rivets have been removed and the face plate and rest angle spot welded together. The petrol tank straps, FW.572 and FW.1104/5, have also been spot welded and the rivets removed. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/T. Fisher. | ||