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).
Correspondence concerning a collapsed wheel on experimental car chassis 22.G.V and the examination of its spokes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0241 | |
| Date | 18th June 1937 | |
| To Rolls-Royce Ltd. Derby............ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 1245 GRY{Shadwell Grylls} Sr. is absent Levallois VA3/ET.18.6.37 Re: CHASSIS 22.G.V - EXPERIMENTAL CAR With further reference to your Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}Io/R.26.5.37 and our Sr/VA3/ET.16.6.37, would it be possible for you to have sent to us several of the small sized spokes which you said were fitted to the wheel in question and, upon their arrival, we will have them examined by Messrs. Dunlop of Paris. We take it that Châteauroux never replaced any spokes to the wheel which collapsed and that the wheel was the one that was sent by us to be repaired. We fully realise that it is a serious matter for a wheel to collapse and that is why we wish to go into this matter with Dunlop's concerning the spokes. VA.VA | ||