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).
Proposal to increase the specification limit for 20-inch wheels and to inform the India Tyre Co.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\4\ Scan050 | |
Date | 25th April 1930 | |
-2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/MJ.25.4.30.Contd. though they have to go to great trouble to work to our limits. We are proposing to increase the limit to 80 ins. ozs. for the 20" wheel and should like you to put the matter clearly before the India Tyre Co., so that they may realise our requirements. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||