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).
Request to Dunlop for custom wheels to alter the track width of a 40/50 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\4\ scan0113 | |
| Date | 1st May 1929 | |
| To HDY.{William Hardy} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X5810 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rnl/LG3. 5. 29. DUNLOP WHEELS. X3725 On the 17th. Jan. 1929 we asked the Dunlop Rubber Co. to alter the spoking of a pair of 20 HP. wheels so that the track of the car was increased 2". We attach a copy of the letter we sent [overtyped with XXXX] to them. They succeeded in doing this and we have the wheels on test. We wish to repeat the test on a 40/50 HP. wheel, only in this case we only wish to alter the track of the car 1". Will you please ask the Dunlop Wheel Co. if they can build us up a pair of wheels the hub and rim of which will conform exactly to G.76119, but the dimension given as 1.555" (underlined in the drg. attached) to be increased to 2.050". We should be obliged if you would find out for us at the earliest possible moment when they could let us have a pair of wheels to this specification. | ||