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 cable to New York concerning wheel and tire specifications and supply.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\4\ Scan064 | |
| Date | 25th June 1930 guessed | |
| COPY OF CABLE TO WIRTHOSAC NEW YORK ******************** BEAVER ETCETERA AFTER DISCUSSION DUNLOPS BELIEVE DESIRABLE TEMPORARILY ACCEPT PRESENT ENGLISH TWENTY BY SEVEN WELLBASE WHEELS WITH OR WITHOUT TIRES AS DESIRED STOP DUNLOPS GOODRICH FIRESTONE GOODYEAR MAKE TIRES FOR THESE WHEELS AT LEAST IN EUROPEAN FACTORIES POSSIBLY IN AMERICA ALSO STOP SUGGEST ROSS FIND WHETHER ANY REPLACEMENT DIFFICULTY STOP DUNLOPS APPROACHING AGREEMENT AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ON USE FOUR INCH WELLBASE RIM QUARTER WIDER THAN PRESENT STANDARD STOP MY PROPOSAL DERBY SHOULD TEST NINETEEN BY SEVEN DROP CENTER TIRES ON THESE RIMS REPRESENTING DESIRABLE NEXT STEP BOTH CARS STOP UNDERSTAND THESE SIMILAR LATEST LINCOLN WHEELS AND TIRES STOP CABLE YOUR IDEAS WRITING OLLEY ******************** | ||