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).
Supply of parts for wood wheels and the preference for wire wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\4\ Scan128 | |
| Date | 16th September 1919 | |
| COPY. X3894 Oy4-F16919. Sept. 16th., 1919. RWS. from Oy:- Copies Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} and JCR. RE WOOD WHEELS. 1. Please note attached copy of letter to Mr. Barrington, re supplying parts for wood wheels and allowing us to build our wheels (whether wood or wire) in this country. 2. I have said that you would tell Conduit St.{Capt. P. R. Strong}, what type of wheels each customer wants. I believe you have already done this. If not I have no doubt you will do so in future, in furtherance of the scheme outlined in my letter to Mr. Barrington. 3. Of course, you will still continue to urge customers, as far as possible, to fit wire wheels, which do certainly give the cars a more distinctive European appearance. Oy. | ||