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).
Decision to use Dunlop wheels for the first 200 3½ litre Bentley cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\5\ scan0008 | |
| Date | 9th June 1933 | |
| X256. To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} ~~Copy to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}E.~~ ~~RY.DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}~~ re Road Wheels for the Bentley. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}2/E9.6.33 Referring to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}21/KT.7.6.33, in view of all the circumstances I agree that we stick to the Dunlop wheels for the first 200 of the 3½ litre Bentley cars. It is very disappointing but I see no alternative%. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||