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).
Confirming the fitting of a sample set of pressed steel wheels for inspection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0325 | |
| Date | 21th March 1938 | |
| 1375? 1370 To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}9/AP.21.3.38 PRESSED STEEL WHEELS. This is to confirm that 3.B.lV. has been fitted up with the sample set of steel wheels for inspection by Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} and yourself. The car is not drivable as the scheme is only temporary. Two kinds of chromium centres for the wheels are available. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||