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).
Order for two sets of 18' Rudge Whitworth wheels and hubs for the Bensport and Peregrine cars.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0137 | |
Date | 17th January 1933 | |
ROY. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} 3/KT.17.1.33. RUDGE WHITWORTH WHEELS. Will you please order two further sets of Rudge Whitworth 18" wheels and hubs. One set is for Bensport (°/54107) and the other for Peregrine (°/54104). Each set is to consist of four hubs, five wheels, and five wheel nuts,(the fifth wheel nut is for fixing the spare wheel on to the dummy hub and should have a right hand thread). All the wheel nuts should be marked for position on car, and for direction of rotation, but should not have the R.R. on them. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} | ||