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).
Request for a drawing of a pressed steel wheel to accommodate a new Michelin tyre.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\2\ scan0153 | |
| Date | 29th October 1938 | |
| H 56 To By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}3/MR.29.10.38. B.III TYRES & WHEELS. We wish to be able to run on B.III the latest Michelin 225 mm x 40 cm. tyre. We have handed to you a wheel to suit this tyre and a complete tyre mounted on a wheel. Will you please make a drawing of a pressed steel wheel incorporating the Michelin rim and either of the Dunlop steel centres shown on GB.4011 or GB.4020. The inner edge of the tyre should be the same distance from the centre line of the car as shown on GB.4020. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||