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).
The receipt of three sets of 40/50 type wire wheels from Dunlop for testing on an experimental chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0194 | |
| Date | 17th December 1931 | |
| RECEIVED 1931 DEC 18 Y372S. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} BY/Mtn7/N.17.12.31. Re: 40/50 HP. Chassis - Wire Wheels. Handwritten: One set To be fitted to the next 40/50 Car for 10,000 miles Kindly note we have received from the Dunlop Co. three sets of 40/50 type wire wheels which have been produced similar to the present standard 20/25 HP. wheels. Will you please arrange to have these wheels fitted to experimental chassis as we should like to order the new type when the next series of material is ordered. LID{A. J. Lidsey} See me HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY/Mtn. | ||