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Table comparing wheel and tyre weights in pounds for various car models and tyre sizes.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\3\  scan0203
Date  19th March 1935
  
19.3.35.

Top Table:
Wheel & Tyre weights - lbs.
Model/Tyre Size, Weight (lbs.)
Vulture(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) 6.50 x 18, 64.25
Vulture(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) 7 x 18, 73.25
Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) 7.50 x 17, 69.00
20/25 6.00 x 19, 64.0
Projected 20/25 6.00 x 17, 61.25

Bottom Table:
Wheel & Tyre Weights - lbs.
Model/Tyre Size, Weight (lbs.)
Bentley 5.50 x 18, 50.62
Projected Bentley 6.25 x 16, 45 approx.
Buick 6.25 x 16, 46.25
Graham 7 x 16, 53.375
Essex 6.25 x 16, 43.125.
  
  
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).


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