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).
Mr. Royce's proposal to make wire wheels standard and manufacture the hubs in-house.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0003 | |
| Date | 19th June 1912 | |
| Mr Spinney 19.6.12. Re Wire Wheels for standard. TBB1/L19612. Mr Royce proposes to fit wire wheels as standard and at present he favours the Riley [strikethrough] Rudge-Whitworth and recommends that we make the hubs ourselves. Will you kindly prepare designs for front wheels accordingly. X421. | ||