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).
Recommendations for wheel and tyre combinations, and the standardisation of oils.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\3\ Scan132 | |
| Date | 25th March 1926 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from CJ. ------- X.1583 CJ1/E25.3.26. X.4565. ------- I telephoned you this morning as follows, asking you to discuss the matter with CWB. if he is still at Derby. R.{Sir Henry Royce} is again pressing that we should prepare at once to recommend customers to order wheels with 21 inch well base rims and to have over-size medium pressure tyres on the front and semi-balloon on the back. Do you know whether the over-size medium pressure tyres on the front will be more likely to bring about wobbles than the tyres we are at present using and can you recommend their use without hydraulic shock dampers? Are the semi-balloon tyres more prone to skidding and punctures than the tyres we use at present? Secondly, R.{Sir Henry Royce} is against the standardisation of Wakefields oils because they do not contain so large a proportion of sperm and lard. What is the difference in this respect between Wakefields and Prices? CJ. | ||