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).
The bumper testing of Dunlop wire wheels with Goodyear rims.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 4th January 1921 | |
| X.3425 S.Fe To EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/TMW. c. to Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/TMW4/LG4.1.21. RE. DUNLOP WIRE WHEELS WITH GOODYEAR RIMS AND REMOVEABLE FLANGE FOR STRAIGHT SIDED TYRE - 106-AE - DEAN. With reference to your EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Tml4/F4.a.21. We are arranging to put one of the above wheels on our bumper test and will advise you in due course of its behaviour. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/TMW. [STAMP] EFC JAN 1922 [STAMP] RECEIVED | ||