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 Rubber Co. regarding an issue with an experimental wire wheel on a Bentley chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0399 | |
| Date | 15th December 1938 | |
| 1370 Experimental Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}3/MH.{M. Huckerby} 15th. December 1938. H.E.Price, Esq., Messrs. Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, BIRMINGHAM. Dear Mr. Price, We have recently had an experimental wire wheel come off a Bentley chassis owing to the hub cap tightening on to the rivetted over ends of the spokes inside the shell instead of the 30° cone. The clearance between the hub cap and the spoke ends on our standard 'Wraith' wheel is also rather small and we should be glad if you could call this way to discuss the possibility of reducing the projection of the spoke ends. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||