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Test report on Dunlop straight-sided tyres for the week ending 19th September.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 45\1\  Scan093
Date  19th September 1920
  
TESTS ON DUNLOP STRAIGHT-SIDED TYRES
FOR WEEK ENDING 19TH. SEPT.

Tyres pressures - 70 lbs. rear. 65 lbs. front.

Date. | Tyres fitted. | Position on car. | Total mileage. F. {Mr Friese} | Total mileage. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | Daily mileage. | Route taken. | Remarks.
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
13.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | | | | Holidays. |
14.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | 6274, 1163 | 2481, 2522 | 631 | Eastbourne and back, during holidays. | Average speed 30 MPH Give & take roads.
15.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | 6375, 1264 | 2582, 2623 | 101 | To Birmingham and back. (Messrs. Dunlops) |
16.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | 6387, 1276 | 2594, 2635 | 12 | Local |
17.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1649, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | 6419, 1308 | 2626, 2667 | 32 | Local |
18.9.20 19.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1649, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | 6671, 1560 | 2878, 2919 | 252 | Derbyshire and district. | Average speed 30 M.P.H. Rough roads.
  
  
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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