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 to make two sets of water pump pieces from Tufnol 'Whall' material for testing on the Wraith & B.III models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0279 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1938 | |
| 1269 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.4/JH.3.9.38. WRAITH & B.III WATER PUMP. Will you please make us two sets of pieces EXr.1008/9 in Tufnol "Whall" material instead of Ferobestos N.W.1. as called for on drawing. These are for use in case the Ferobestos material proves unsatisfactory on our test rig tests, in which case a set will be needed for 8.B.V. car. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||