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).
Blueprint showing cracked exhaust stays and a distorted manifold from a Wraith III car after 7000 miles.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0187 | |
Date | 7th September 1937 | |
E.W. 1030 CLIP - INTER PIPE S/M - 12 S.W.G. (.104) E.W. 1029 ANCHOR PLATE S/N - 14 SWG. .080 ExT 199 LUGS BROKEN OFF AS SHOWN THERE IS NO GAP AT THE EXTREME ENDS WRAITH III 26 G VI AFTER 7000 MILES IN FRANCE CRACKED EXHAUST STAYS & DISTORTED MANIFOLD ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. PRINT ROOM SEP 7 1937 DERBY. EXHAUST MANIFOLD E.W. 1026 - YC DISTORTED ON CYL. HEAD FACINGS AS SHOWN .012 .034 .012 | ||