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).
Series of wheel experiments for standardisation and stress testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\4\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 9th November 1936 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 8356 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}2/R.9.11.36. WHEEL EXPERIMENTS. (1) 5" rim wheels on 35-EX for standardisation. (2) Light section original 5" rims to be fitted to rear of 33-EX to find if they will break. Please say when these have done 10,000 miles. (3) One aluminium Bentley wheel to be bumped before any are fitted to a car. (4) All our P.III's should be running on 5" rims. Please obtain wheels for all cars. 32-EX is O.K. now. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||