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).
Fitting pumps to the Wraith frame and deleting the A.C. mechanical pump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\6\ scan0013 | |
| Date | 8th September 1937 | |
| 1263 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} (crossed out) C. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} (crossed out) C. Mr. Dixon. (crossed out) BY.6/G.8.9.37. WRAITH. We must fit the pumps in the frame on Wraith without delay, and delete the A.C. mechanical pump which has been fitted to the crankcase. I see no advantage in maintaining pump facing on the crankcase in view of Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/AP.30.8.37. and Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IBC.4/B.27.8.37. ? BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} BM | ||