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).
Letter from The Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co. requesting front and rear axle loads and tyre sizes for their wheel tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 20th February 1920 | |
| 235 a (100 T) (S.F 846 6-8-19) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2460 COPY OF A LETTER RECEIVED FROM;- THE DUNLOP RIM & WHEEL CO, LTD., WHEEL AND RIM MAKERS, ALMA STREET, COVENTRY. 20th. February 1920. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, In the course of a series of wheel tests we find it necessary to have the front and rear axle loads for the various makes of cars. It would greatly assist us in carrying out our tests if you would, at your convenience, favour us with the following information for any type of car which you are manufacturing. Tyre sizes. Maximum load of front axle, and Maximum load of rear axle. Trusting that you will see your way to let us have this information. Yours faithfully, (Signed) G.W.E. Sharp. FOR THE DUNLOP RIM & WHEEL CO, LTD., [Watermark: MADE AT CROXLEY] | ||