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 Paris to Derby about Michelin's ongoing tyre experiments for a new 'fit all round' tyre with improved quietness and wet road-holding.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\5\ scan0147 | |
| Date | 25th April 1939 | |
| [Handwritten, crossed out:] IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} 1245 To: "Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}", D E R B Y. PARIS Sr23/Dn25.4.39 re Michelin Tyres. Thanks for your Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}10/JH.19.4.39, contents of which I have read with interest. I have handed on the information to Mr Aubel of Messrs Michelin who was waiting anxiously for the tyres. He told me that they are going to make a tyre that will "fit all round", and is pleased to inform us that they are continuing their experiments. They have produced a tyre which is as quiet as the one we have already tried, and which has far better road-holding qualities on wet surfaces. [Handwritten Signature:] Sr h | ||