Order of 9 special tyres from Dunlop Rubber Co. to reduce groan on a 20/25 HP model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\1\ scan0263 | |
| Date | 12th December 1935 | |
| W/S {Derby Works / Sales} - Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} X1332 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 23/KW.12.12.35. Tyres on 20/25 HP. Rolls-Royce. Replying to Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} 2/KW.10.12.35. We have asked The Dunlop Rubber Co. to send you 9 more of the special tyres to reduce groan, and to pass their invoice to you in due course. We are also requesting them to allot a name to this tyre. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).