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).
Request to order six road wheels instead of five for a 20/25 HP car destined for France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\4\ scan0124 | |
| Date | 23th May 1931 | |
| x5810 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/MJ.23.5.31. x5810 x3725 20/25 HP. ROAD WHEELS. Referring to By.6/G22.5.31. We should be very glad if you will order six road wheels in place of five, because the car fitted with these wheels will go to France and even though the car will only carry one spare wheel, we require a reserve wheel out there so that they have one replacement in the garage always ready. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||