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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).
Wraith car (28.G.VI) being sent to the fitting shop due to a seized clutch.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 108\2\  scan0038
Date  3rd March 1938
  
To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}

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Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}5/MH.{M. Huckerby}3.3.38.

WRAITH CAR 28.G.VI.

We are sending the above car into the fitting shop for you to remove the existing spring drive and slipper wheels and fit the solid drive to LeC.5773. We should also like you to examine the clutch which has seized up whilst driving on the drums.

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
  
  


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