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).
Suggestion to fit cars destined for India with wire or steel wheels instead of wooden ones due to issues with shrinkage in the climate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\4\ 04-page06 | |
| Date | 4th July 1911 | |
| DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. Issued: #11327 / July 4, 1911 This column is for Name of Person addressed: Mr Johnson W. Radm Technical Officer to advise J 12/VII/11 X426 DATE: July 4 Suggestion That cars to be sent out to India be fitted with wire wheels or steel wheels, such as are made by Sankey, as wooden wheels shrink and the spokes become loose in from one to two years. Mr Montalth and Mr Bernard Figg, both of whom have had a great deal of experience with cars in India, have on different occasions volunteered the information. Mr Montalths car was in India about two years and had to have the wheels re-spoked in that time. Y J Huddleston This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||