Letter to Cornercroft Limited requesting the preparation of two complete wheel covers for a wire wheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\2\ scan0148 | |
| Date | 26th January 1938 | |
| c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Fd. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2004. xxxx 2424 456 26th.January 1938. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 6/N. These are for 1-B-5 & 2-B-5 Messrs.Cornercroft Limited, Ace Works, Queen Victoria Road, Coventry. For the attention of Mr Mountford. Dear Sir, You have received from our Works a wire wheel with a 16" rim, and fitted with 6.5 section tyre. Would you kindly put in hand for us two complete wheel covers suitable for use when the wheel is carried on the side spare wheel carrier, and not fitted with wheel disc, that is to say, the external face of the wheel cover should extend to the hub. When these are completed they should be despatched to our Works in Derby, and addressed for the attention of the Experimental Department. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. CAR PROJECT OFFICE. | ||
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).