Purchase of Goodyear tyres for a Bensport chassis, specifically regarding their claim of a silent non-skid tread.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\5\ scan0046 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1933 | |
| To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} Y3926. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 6/MJ.2.1.33. RE. BENSPORT(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley). Replying to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 8/E.30.12.32. We have purchased a set of Goodyear tyres which will be fitted to the first Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) chassis. The reason we chose these tyres is because they claim to have a silent non-skid tread. There are very good reasons why their form of tread should be silent, but so far we have not had an opportunity of confirming this. If the Goodyear tyres are all they claim, these are being manufactured in England and they could be used on the Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley). Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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