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).
Order for a set of five specific wheel discs for a new car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\1\ scan0022 | |
| Date | 18th January 1938 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. G/JWH. [Handwritten] J 1275 [Handwritten] 1001 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}13/MH.{M. Huckerby}18.1.38. Will you please order a set of wheel discs for 5 - 6.50 x 17 wheels for Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}'s new car. We require tne type which have a chromium plated ridge about half way between the hub and the outside edge. Could you please obtain these discs unpainted as they will be repainted here in colour. Marked for the attention of Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} O/n.55518. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||