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


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 157\1\  scan0194
Date  19th March 1935
  
19.3.35.

Table 1:
Headers: 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, Projected 20/25 6.00 x 17
Row: Wheel & Tyre weights - lbs.
Data: 64.25, 73.25, 69.00, 64.0, 61.25

Table 2:
Headers: Bentley 5.50 x 18, Projected Bentley 6.25 x 16, Buick 6.25 x 16, Graham 7 x 16, Essex 6.25 x 16
Row: Wheel & Tyre weights - lbs.
Data: 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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