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).
Requesting the testing of a 72-spoke wheel from Dunlop on a bumping rig and service car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0047 | |
| Date | 26th August 1920 | |
| S.G. 755, 24-3-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2650 X. C3982 AUG 26 RECEIVED Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BY/Mtn. c. EFC. BY/Mtnl/P26.8.20. We have sent to you a wheel received from Messrs. Dunlop, which is fitted with 72 spokes instead of 84 as in our standard wheel. Col.Matthews when over here last, mentioned this matter to us and asked us if we would be good enough to test a wheel on our bumping rig and this we agreed to do. Will you kindly put this on the bumping rig, and if possible, after being on the bumping rig, put it on one of the service cars and let us have a report on same in due course. BY/Mtn. | ||