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Wheel and rim sizes for 'SS' cars, including using 18-EX wheels and testing 20' and 21' rims.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 11\2\  02-page017
Date  19th December 1928 guessed
  
contd :-

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As regards the size of the wheels fitted to 18-EX. There are no reasons why these wheels cannot be used on SS. {S. Smith} cars, at least they can be used on light cars. They improve the appearance of the car. We shall however be testing both 21" and 20" rims on 'SS {S. Smith} ' cars.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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