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The selection of Dunlop tyres for a Bentley chassis, replacing a noisier type.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 157\1\  scan0133
Date  24th September 1934
  
D {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} /BP.
c. H.I.
c. H.P.
c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

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BY.12/G. 24.9.34.

DUNLOP TYRES FOR BENTLEY CHASSIS.

Referring to D {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} /BP/HF. {H. W. Frost - Coachwork Inspector} 1/BG. 20.9.34. the Experimental Department inform me that they are in agreement with the use of the 5 - 90" pattern tyres (Dunlop) being used in place of the Buttressed type. The latter is much too noisy for our use, and the improved 5 - 90" represents what the Experimental consider to be the best compromise.

BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} By
  
  
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).


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