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Design drawing for a 6.50/17 tyre tread pattern.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 157\6\  scan0165
Date  1st May 1927
  
BORING MILL
ENGRAVING M {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /C
2.398"
1.671
.187
.078
STARTING LINE
6.1236 = 1/2 SECTION
12.2473 = 1 SECTION
KNIFE CUTS AS INDICATED
THIS DIMENSION MEASURED ALONG 25 1/4 DIA.
Pattern Labels: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4C, 5C, 1B, 2B, 3B, 1C, 2C, 3C, 1/2 1B, 1/2 2B, 1/2 3B, .85T & S.3A, .88T & S.5C
Dimensions: .25, .125, 5 1/8, 5 1/16, 5 3/8 R, 6 1/4, 5.325 ARC, 1/32, 3/32, 1/16, 3/8, 31 1/16 DIA, 30 1/4 DIA, 25 1/4 DIA.

Table 1:
PITCH
TYRE SIZE 6.50/17
DIMENSION X, Y
PITCH OR BUTTON LETTER A, B, C
Column 1: 1.3472, 1.3472, 1.3472
Column 2: 1.5309, 1.5309, 1.4391
Column 3: 1.7146, 1.7146, 1.5309

Table 2:
BUTTON
PITCH
S: 1.6827, 1.7146
1: 1.0972, 1.1597, 29° 30M, 29° 30M, 1.1597, 1.0972
2: 1.2809, 1.2586, 28° 30M, 28° 30M, 1.2586, 1.2809
3: 1.4646, 1.3484, 27° 37M, 27° 37M, 1.3484, 1.4646
4: 1.6484, 1.4352
5: 1.5271
Bottom Row: 24.02, 25.92, 27.82, 29.72, 31.62

Title Block:
THE INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY LTD.
INCHINNAN, SCOTLAND
TITLE: INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes SUPER 'BENTLEY' 6.50/17 TREAD DESIGN
DATE: 1-5-27
SCALE: FULL SIZE
DR: W.H.M.
D.R.: S.R.
127/17 B
  
  
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).


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