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).
Demountable rims and the status of wheels returned from the Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 24th February 1920 | |
| Mr Hives. C.K. X.3943 Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}/AW3/W24.2.20. 24th. Feb 1920. X.3943. X.3944. Demountable Rims Replying to your memo Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG9.2.20., we would advise you that the Wheels referred to in same were returned to us by the Dunlop Rubber Co.Ltd., on the 20th.inst. and should be available in the next day or so. We might add that one of the rims have been returned to us scrapped, therefore, we are only receiving 11 E.5. type Wheels fitted with Firestone rims and 5 E.5 type wheels fitted with Stanwell rims. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} R.{Sir Henry Royce} R.{Sir Henry Royce} 235 B (200 T) (S. F.{Mr Friese} 674. 22-5-19) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2376. | ||