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).
Correspondence regarding the supply and delivery of Dunlop detachable wire wheels and tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\1\ Scan110 | |
| Date | 6th October 1920 | |
| R.R. 235a (100 T) S. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 642, 19-5-20: G 2618 .X.4050 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} c.to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} (struck through) Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}7/NJ6.10.20. Dunlop Detachable Wire Wheels with removable flange for wired-on tyres. In reply to yours Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG2.10.20, The Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co.Ltd. have written that they will be pleased to send a set of six 32" x 4½" detachable wire wheels with removable flange to our Sales Dept. London, early next week. Please say whether you desire these wheels to be sent to us at Derby, or should the Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co. send them direct to Sales Dept. London. In the latter case, please say how they should be addressed. As regards tyres, we wrote the Dunlop Rubber Co.Ltd., Birmingham, asking them to furnish a set of straight-sided wired-on tyres for these wheels and await their reply. We presume that if the wheels are sent here, you will wish the tyres also to be sent here, but, on the other hand, if the wheels are sent direct to Sales Dept; London, you will wish the tyres to be sent to the same address. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Md. | ||