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Request for a set of six altered 5' x 20' wheels to increase the effective track of a car by 1.00'.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 159\1\  scan0185
Date  14th February 1930
  
C.O. From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} X372-5. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 4/J.14.2.30.

X8810.

You will recollect that on the 3rd. of May 1929, we ordered a pair of 21" rims from the Dunlop Co., having the rim moved outwards .50" in relation to the hub.

We now require a set of six 5" x 20" wheels altered in the same way so that the effective track of the car is increased 1.00".

Attached is the drawing of the standard 20" 40/50 wheel shewing where we wish the new tyre centre-line to be.


Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}
  
  
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