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 for blueprints and parts related to a water pump modification for the Wraith model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0250 | |
| Date | 5th July 1938 | |
| HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}10/G.5.7.38. 1269 WRAITH. WATER PUMP. SECTION 5160. Please receive herewith two blueprints of the following new drawings, detailed at the verbal request of Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. :- S.CD.735 Mod. to Water Pump. Ex.S.848 Distance Piece. 1 off. Ex.S.849 Pump Casing. 1 off. The following piece will also be required:- Seeger Circlip for 30 m/m bore. 1 off. This modification is to replace the present device for locating the bearing endways. For the piece Ex.S.849 the existing casting should be modified. Kindly instruct one set. BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} pp BY/ald{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} Dworen | ||