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 from Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. concerning the retention of two experimental tyres for wet road tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\2\ scan0171 | |
| Date | 28th May 1937 | |
| DUNLOP RUBBER CO.,LTD. 1332 TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "DUNLOPS, PHONE, BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE: ERDINGTON 2121 (P.B.X) EXTENSION NO. 395. YOUR REF: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WYm.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}7/AP. OUR REF: HEP/BMT.323. FORT DUNLOP ERDINGTON BIRMINGHAM Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. File For the attention of G.H.Whyman, Esq. 28th May, 1937. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 27th and regret we were unable to speak to you on the telephone this morning. In your absence Mr. Robotham kindly promised to advise you that we are quite agreeable to your retaining the two experimental tyres until you had been able to complete your tests on wet roads, and if the tyres have not already been despatched would you please retain them to this end. Yours faithfully, FOR THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO.LTD. H.G. Price Manager, Car Manfrs. Division. | ||