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).
Request to manufacture a middle silencer and downtake pipes for Wraith cars 25.G.VI. and WXA.2.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\5\ scan0235 | |
| Date | 16th August 1938 | |
| 665. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}3/JH.16.8.38. WRAITH CARS 25.G.VI. & WXA.2. We would like you to make up for Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}'s. car WXA.2 a similar middle silencer to theone fitted to 25.G.VI. together with a 1.75" dia. tail pipe. For both of the above cars we require downtake pipes of the straight thro' type made in 12 S.W.G. material. We will arrange for the cars to be at your disposal for fitting same as soon as you inform us that they are ready. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||