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).
Copy of a letter extract from a customer regarding their experience with Rudge-Whitworth detachable wire wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0005 | |
| Date | 15th June 1912 | |
| Copy. Extract of letter from Colonel W.H.Fergusson, Buckland's Hotel Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. to Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., 14 & 15 Conduit Street, dated 15th June 1912. With reference to the enquiry in your letter C14/P14612. regarding my experience of Rudge-Whitworth detachable wire wheels - the total distance that they have run is about 19,800 miles. For the first 4,000 miles there was no trouble with the spoke s, but the Hub Caps required frequent tightening. Since then the Hub Caps remained in good order and have given no trouble, but we have had a great deal of trouble with broken spokes, which have had to be very frequently replaced by new spokes. You may remember that the wheels were fitted by you when the car was new in the beginning of July 1909, so that they are not of the latest design. You did not recommend the wheels at that time, but I have found the detachable wheels a very great convenience when tyre trouble occurred on the road. | ||