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 Dunlop for a modified set of 20 HP 19' rim wheels to match the Phantom specification.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\4\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 26th January 1929 | |
| X5810 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG26.1.29. 20 HP. 19" RIM WHEELS. X5810 X3725 With reference to the attached print. We asked Messrs. Dunlop to produce the 4th. set of 20 HP. wheels 19" rims with the rim offset 1.00" further from the hub than normal to reproduce the 1.75" out of centre point of the Phantom. Herewith blue print of proposed modification. Will you please say if you can foresee any troubles if they make these. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||