Letter from a tyre manufacturer regarding the despatch and trial of pneumatic tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\1\ Scan118 | |
| Date | 19th June 1924 | |
| CUSTOMERS' CARS ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT CLIENTS' OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. X1238 TYRE & JACK MANUFACTURERS BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING. DIRECTORS: COL. R. {Sir Henry Royce} HALSEY, CHAIRMAN. F. {Mr Friese} LIONEL RAPSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR LIONEL HALSEY, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., C.B. CAPT. F. {Mr Friese} McKAY DAY, O.B.E. JOHN LOMAX (SECRETARY). Rapson TYRE & JACK COY. LTD. Tyre Factory: NEW MALDEN SURREY Sales Dept 477, OXFORD STREET, LONDON. TYRE & JACK MANUFACTURERS BY APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. Telegraphic Address: RAPSONO, NEW MALDEN, SURREY. Code: BENTLEY'S Telephone MALDEN 190, 191, 192. Your Ref. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LGI/8.6.24. Our Ref. FLR/DIM. Please Quote. 19th June 1924. E.W.Hives,Esq., Messrs Rolls-Royce.Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Mr. Hives, Very many thanks for your letter of yesterday's date giving further information regarding your Rolls-Royce trials of pneumatic tyres. I am despatching you tomorrow certain 4 - 33 x 5 slightly oversize tyres to fit the 32 x 4 1/2 rim and I would like you to subject these to the same trials that you are now conducting and let me have your further report. On this occasion I am sending you tyres with single treads and would like you to run them both front and rear at 5 lbs less pressure than the Dunlop. I have not received your report this week yet on the 32 x 4 1/2 Rapson tyres which you are running on your 20 H.P. model and sincerely hope that these are getting on alright. Yours truly, RAPSON TYRE AND JACK COMPANY LIMITED., F. {Mr Friese} Lionel Rapson. Managing Director. This letter was dictated by Mr. Rapson. All communications to be addressed to the Company, not to individuals. | ||
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).