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).
Letter to Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co. Ltd. regarding a new design for balance weights on a 16-inch wheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0293 | |
| Date | 30th December 1937 | |
| 1370 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}5/MH.{M. Huckerby} 30th. December 1937. The Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co. Ltd., Foleshill, Coventry. For the attention of Mr. Sharp. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter concerning balance weights on the 16" wheel. Objections have been raised to the look of this scheme and our Design Office have put forward an idea shown on the blue print GCD.327, which we send you herewith. Will you please let us know whether you have any objections to such a scheme. If not, we shall go ahead with it, and ask you to supply future wheels drilled accordingly. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||