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).
Urging the Bentley 50 project gearbox as an alternative to the existing Wraith box for multiple models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0529 | |
| Date | 9th November 1937 | |
| -3- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/R.9.11.37. The alternative is to urge the Bentley 50 project box which will take care of Bentley III, Wraith and Bentley 50 with economies in labour and material. This we are doing, but if the box is not ready in time, consideration will have to be given to using the existing Wraith box which cannot have an overdrive. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||