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).
Modification to the coring of cylinder blocks for the Wraith model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\6\ 06-page47 | |
| Date | 28th October 1938 | |
| 1124 of 619 c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} BY.10/C.28.10.38. Piles SWDL{Len H. Swindell} MODIFICATION TO CORING OF THE CYLINDER BLOCKS (WRAITH). Referring to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}21.10.38. my instructions when this particular modification was issued were positive to the effect that the change was only to be made experimentally in the first place, and was not to be introduced on production until sufficient tests had been run by the Experimental Department to clear the issue. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||