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).
Testing of new type steel artillery wheels for the 40/50 HP model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\3\ Scan183 | |
| Date | 30th December 1924 | |
| To BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to C. (For C.S.C.) X4586 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG30.12.24. 40/50 HP. NEW TYPE STEEL ARTILLERY WHEELS. X8810 It is not our desire to complicate tests on 'V' series chassis with steel artillery wheels. In any case, the first 'V' chassis are being built with standard wire wheels. If we wait to test the steel wheels on a 'V' series chassis, we estimate it will be at least 2 months before the tests are completed. We understood that customers were actually waiting for steel wheels, it was for this reason we asked whether we should run a special test. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||