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Test log sheet for Dunlop straight-sided tyres, recording mileage and usage.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 45\1\  Scan141
Date  3rd November 1920
  
TESTS ON DUNLOP STRAIGHT SIDED TYRE

Tyre 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 miles. | Route taken. | Remarks.
3.11.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4901 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4943 | O front. N front O rear N rear | 35 | 35 | 35 | | Return journey from Messrs Dunlops. (Birmingham)
4.11.20, 5.11.20, 6.11.20, 7.11.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4901 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4943 | O front N front O rear N rear | 455 | 455 | 420 | London and district. |
10.11.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4960 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4943 | O rear N rear | | 40, 495 | 40, Y | | Return journey from Messrs. Dunlops(Birmingham)
11.11.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4958 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4901 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4960 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4943 | O front N front O rear N rear | 19, 474 | 59, 514 | 19 | Local |
12.11.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4901 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4958 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4943 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4960 | O front N front O rear N rear | 498, 43 | 538, 83 | 24 | | Tyres changed about.
13.11.20, 14.11.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4901 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4958 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4943 FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4960 | O front N front O rear N rear | 581, 126 | 621, 166 | 83 | |

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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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