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).
Query regarding a faulty wheel repair on car 22.G.V. which led to a subsequent collapse.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0225 | |
| Date | 26th May 1937 | |
| W/P. VA. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 1245 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}10/R.26.5.37. Sometime ago after an accident that occurred to our car 22.G.V., one or two of the front wheels were brought to the Paris Depot for repair. Whoever repaired these wheels did so by fitting a smaller size of spoke. Both these wheels have recently collapsed on one of our cars. As this is rather a serious matter, we are wondering whether the repairs were carried out by Dunlops in Paris, and, if so, whether, in their opinion, the wheels were as good as new after the repair. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||