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).
Internal request to order a set of wire wheels from the Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0157 | |
| Date | 6th May 1927 | |
| To Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}/Ms. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X3725 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/LG6.5.27. Will you please order for us from The Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co., Foleshill, Coventry :- 1 set of 6 wire wheels - size 4 1/2 X 19" to take 6" tyres - as per attached note. We do not require any artillery wheels. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||