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 The Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd. offering their new Duo-Tread tyres for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0009 | |
| Date | 27th September 1933 | |
| MANUFACTURERS OF AVON TYRES, SPORTS SUNDRIES, FOOTWEAR, FLOORING & MECHANICAL RUBBERS Telegrams AVONNES PHONE LONDON Codes A.B.C. 5TH EDN WESTERN UNION BENTLEYS & M.T. PRIVATE CODE Please note NEW Telephone Number EUSTON 2201 (5 Lines) The AVON INDIA RUBBER Co. LTD. SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE Chairman: MAJOR R.{Sir Henry Royce} F.{Mr Friese} FULLER. J.P Deputy Chmn: SIR HERBERT E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN. C.B.E. M.INST.T. Secretary & Director: F.{Mr Friese} W. HINDE Head Office & Works MELKSHAM · WILTS :: Service Depots: LONDON :: BIRMINGHAM · BRISTOL · MANCHESTER GLASGOW · LIVERPOOL · BELFAST NEWCASTLE · DUBLIN · NOTTINGHAM Our Ref......HEB{H. Biraben}/IC Your Ref................. MABLEDON PLACE, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PANCRAS, LONDON, W.C.1. 27th September, 1933. The Rt. Hon. Lord Wargrave, P.C., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 15, Conduit Street, W.1. Dear Lord Wargrave, Duo-Tread Tyres Referring to my conversation with you a month or so back, we have now got the production of Duo-Tread tyres in a forward state for marketing next month, and I shall be most grateful if you will be so kind as to allow our representative to call at your Derby works to see your engineering staff thereon. The tyres have two treads, the second one appearing after the first is worn away, and are only being placed on the market after more than two years’ road use on many thousands of vehicles. It is claimed they are one of the greatest improvements that have taken place in tyre production for some years, and we are specially desirous that the Rolls-Royce Company may have the earliest possible opportunity of testing them. Thanking you in anticipation of your reply, Yours very sincerely, [Signature] Deputy Chairman. [STAMP: ANSWERED 3_OCT.1933] | ||