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).
Letter to The Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding the inability to test certain tyres due to a waterlogged skid pan and the abandonment of other wheel and tyre combinations for the Wraith chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\3\ scan0023 | |
| Date | 15th February 1939 | |
| 1332 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PJH 27/ER 15th February, 1939. Messrs. The Dunlop Rubber Co, Ltd., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham 24. For the attention of H.E. Price Esq., Dear Sirs, In answer to your letter of the 14th inst., ref: HEP/HM{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} 844, we would say that we have as yet been unable to test the special 6.50 x 16 tyres, as our skid pan has been waterlogged during the last three months. We have now dropped the idea of using 7.00 x 17 tyres on our Wraith chassis so that the special 5.00 x 17 wheels are likewise abandoned. Yours faithfully, | ||