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 regarding modified wire wheels for the Phantom chassis, instructing an urgent order be placed with the Dunlop Co.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 10th November 1927 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1927 ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} (strikethrough) C. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (strikethrough) C. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} TWD.{T. W. D???Aeith} (strikethrough) X3725 BY5/G.10.11.27. RECEIVED (stamp) PHANTOM CHASSIS - WIRE WHEELS. -------------------------------- We are handing you herewith a set of blueprints covering a modified form of wire wheel for the above chassis. The modification consists in the main of reducing the axial length of the hub of the wheel and thereby lightening the axles and reducing the overall width of the car. Will you kindly send the prints in question to the Dunlop Co. and place an order with them for three sets of wheels complete - 6 wheels per set. This matter is of the utmost urgency, and you should therefore ask the Dunlop Co. to give the matter priority and let us have an estimate as to when the wheels will be available. Time is one of the main essential factors in producing the wheels, and we should therefore meet the Dunlop Co. generously in order to induce them to put the whole of their energies into the production of the wheels at the earliest possible moment. We are only sending you blueprints of the special parts required, and on attached sheet give a list of these parts also a list of the present production parts which are required to make up the wheels. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||