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 from India Tyre & Rubber Company regarding the weight of Bentley wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\5\ Scan174 | |
| Date | 9th December 1935 | |
| HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY: INCHINNAN, RENFREWSHIRE INDIA TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY LTD. MILEAGE DEPARTMENT (AREA "B") 80 CLAPHAM ROAD LONDON, S.W.9 TELEPHONES: RELIANCE 2662/3 OUR REF. R/WBT. YOUR REF. 9th December, 1935. W.A. ROBOTHAM, ESQ., Experimental Department, Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Robotham, Many thanks for your letter of the 6th December, giving the weight of the present 18" Bentley wheel. I note you will be advising me the weight of the 16" wheel in due course, for which, many thanks. Yours sincerely, Rothes. Handwritten note: F.{Mr Friese} Dodd - 16" Wheels being sent on from Paris. Please give me weights when they arrive. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||