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Comparing the weights of wheels and tyres for various car models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 124\3\  scan0344
Date  19th May 1935
  
19.5.35.

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

Bottom Table:
| Bentley 6.50 x 18 | Projected Bentley 6.25 x 16 | Buick 6.25 x 16 | Graham 7 x 16 | Essex 6.25 x 16 |
| Wheel & Tyre Weights - lbs. | 50.62 | 45 approx | 46.25 | 53.375 | 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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