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Side wheel carriers and luggage capacity for the 'WGM' chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 13\6\  06-page29
Date  1st March 1929
  
47400
H31
To WOP. From Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Rear End of "WGM" Chassis Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 5/BEB.3.29
Copy to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Br. {T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} and Luggage Carrying Capacity.
BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EH. C.C.

Referring to Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 18/E15.2.29 and the notes attached thereto, also the discussion which took place on this matter at the Derby conference on the 8th, in a telegram received from R. {Sir Henry Royce} he says that he agrees side wheel carriers for certain customers.

We are of course pleased to see that R. {Sir Henry Royce} has agreed to two wheels at the side in special instances where people demand luggage accommodation on the lines of illustrations 3 and 4 on N.Sch.2799.

I understood when at Derby that very little if any work had been done on the side wheel carriers for "WGM", and I presume that, in view of the above, the designing and testing of a suitable wheel/carrier will be proceeded with immediately so that it can be available in time for the production chassis.

Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
  
  
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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