Inquiry to Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. about track tyres for a Bentley car for running at speeds over 100 m.p.h.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\1\ scan0098 | |
| Date | 2nd December 1933 | |
| Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6/KT. December 2nd 1933. The Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., Port Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham. For the attention of A. {Mr Adams} Healey Esq. Dear Sirs, We require some track tyres for one of our Bentley cars as we are going to do some track running at a speed of over 100 m.p.h. Do you make any racing tyres in 18" x 5.500" size please? If not, up to what speed do you think the standard tyres would be safe, running under cold weather conditions such as at present? Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||
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).