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).
Letter to Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co. Ltd. regarding the supply of experimental wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 27th January 1936 | |
| X1370 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}21/KW. 27th January, 1936. The Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co.Ltd., Foleshill, COVENTRY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter reference EFG/NW{N. Walker - Patents} of the 16th inst., as regards supplying us with some 18" wheels with a 5 1/2" dimension between the tyre beads. We shall be glad if you will put in hand 4 such wheels for experimental purposes. You will have noted in our former letter that the whole of the extra width must be added at the outside of the rim, although this increases the track of the car. We note your remarks that careful selection of tyres will be required, and if you think it advisable should be glad if you will supply these wheels with tyres fitted. We have asked our Order Office to send you an official order. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||