Secret memo querying the decision to use two different wheel sizes for the 'VSS' car, citing potential sales issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\7\ Scan025 | |
| Date | 1st March 1929 | |
| SECRET. 47810 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wheels for "VSS" Car. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 15/E1.3.29 I have just seen Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG20.2.29. I should be glad to know whether you have had any reply from R. {Sir Henry Royce} and also to know why it is suggested that the first batch of cars should have the 21" rims if, as I gather, it is the intention to change on to the 20" wheels later. The latter appear to have the advantage of giving us slight-lower chassis with the lower gear ratio, and it seems a pity to start with one size of wheel and then make a change if we can avoid it, because as you know every change of this sort makes serious sales troubles for us from the point of view of ante-dating cars which are not equipped with the latest. 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).