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).
Whether to supply forgings for Michelin disc wheels to the USA, recommending that experimental work be kept in Derby.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\1\ Scan033 | |
| Date | 11th June 1920 | |
| H.R. 238 a (50 T) (S.G. 504. 8-1-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 1585 X.4050 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [crossed out] Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [crossed out] RFC COPY. BY8/P11.6.20. X.3482 ✓ X.4050 [underlined] FRONT & REAR AXLES. RE MICHELIN DISC WHEELS. X.3894 [underlined] Referring to copy of attached memo. OY6/G25.5.20, I do not consider we should send the forgings - it rather gives one the impression they are trying to do Experimental work in U.S.A. If we intend to do anything more with disc wheels we should do it at Derby and not encourage them to go beyond production - a sufficiently wide field for even America to handle. BY | ||