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).
Letter to Messrs. Rudge Whitworth Ltd. regarding the potential manufacture of complete light alloy wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0178 | |
| Date | 21th March 1935 | |
| 4621 Exptl. Dept. HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/KW. 21st March, 1935. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Hack, Esq., Messrs. Rudge Whitworth Ltd., Coventry. Dear Mr. Hack, With reference to the light alloy rims with which you are proposing to supply us, we should like to know whether you have considered making the complete wheel in the light alloy. At the present moment the tendency in America is to go to pressed steel wheels in view of the small size being almost universally employed, i.e., the 16" rim. It occurs to us that these small wheels are eminently suitable for manufacture in the light alloy, and should like to have your views on the subject. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||