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).
Requesting an order for five 18' wheels for the J.III chassis being built in the Experimental Department.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\4\ scan0136 | |
Date | 22th February 1932 | |
85810. To. Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} [struck through] c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [struck through] c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} [struck through] BY/SS{S. Smith}4/N.22.2.32. Re: J.III Chassis - Wheels. ------------------------ Will you please order a further set of five 18" wheels suitable for 6-18 tyres, in accordance with our print G.54976. The setting of the spokes to allow for balance weights as shewn on G.55416 should be incorporated in these wheels. Copy of this print was sent to Messrs Dunlops under cover of our memo BY/Mtn8/N.17.2.32. These wheels are required for the first J.III chassis which is now being built in the Experimental Department. [Stamp: RECEIVED 1932 FEB 23] BY/SS.{S. Smith} | ||