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).
Clarifying the tyre and wheel specifications for the Wraith and 'M' Series Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 10\4\ 04-page23 | |
| Date | 20th October 1937 | |
| By/Mtn. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} By/CRL.{C. R. Lisson} 656 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}16/R.20.10.37. WRAITH WHEELS AND TYRES. It does not seem generally known that the tyre we have adopted on Wraith is 6.50 x 17 Dunlop tyre. The wheel is GW.429, and it is this wheel which we are also using on 'M' Series Bentley, but in this case, in conjunction with an Indian tyre of the same dimensions. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||