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Rolls-Royce Wraith 1938-1939 Parts

The final development of the pre-war small-horsepower Rolls-Royce came in 1938 with the introduction of the 25/30 hp Wraith. In this model the traditional attributes of silence and smoothness were developed to a remarkable degree.

The chassis of the Wraith was entirely new, with a cruciform bracing rather like that of the its larger stablemate, the Phantom III and of largely welded construction. The most important new feature, however, was the independent front suspension which was similar to that of the Phantom III. Other than retaining the same bore and stroke (3 1/2: by 4 1/2") as the 25/30 the engine was entirely new, with a simplified timing gear train, Hall's Metal big ends and a new cross flow cylinder head design derived from the parallel Bentley development.

Less conspicuous, but worthy of note, were the little modifications. There were totally new engine mountings and the gear lever and handbrake were positioned further rearward.

Although the outbreak of World War II stopped production of this model, the likelihood is that it would only have remained for a further year or so in any case as the Company's development of the Rationalised Range was already well advanced.

Model Any 3.5 LITRE 1934-1936 4.25 LITRE 1936-1940 MK V 1939-1940 MK VI 4.25 LITRE 1946-1952 MK VI 4.5 LITRE 1951-1952 N/A R TYPE 1952-1955 20 HP 1922-1929 20/25 HP 1926-1936 25/30 HP 1936-1938 PHANTOM I 1925-1929 PHANTOM II 1929-1935 PHANTOM III 1936-1939 PHANTOM IV 1950-1956 SILVER CLOUD I 1955-1959 SILVER DAWN 1949-1955 SILVER GHOST 40/50 HP 1906-1925 SILVER WRAITH 1947-1959 SILVER WRAITH LWB 1952-1958 WRAITH 1938-1939

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