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).
Comparing Wefco and Jeavons tyre gaiters and questioning the selection of Wefco.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\4\ scan0249 | |
| Date | 12th December 1922 | |
| To ROY. {Sir Henry Royce} from BJ. BJ8/H4.12.22 Copy Tyre Gaiters Please let me know why Wefcos have been selected in place of Jeavons and what quotations the Works had before them when they selected the Wefco. Also, have we gone into the matter to ascertain whether Jeavons could make us a gaiter in the same style as their ordinary gaiter, but with the tongue arrangement which is supplied with the Wefco. My reason for asking is that when one looks at the two different gaiters, the Jeavons look such a very much better job - better material, better grease fitting and better interior wick arrangements for distributing the grease - in fact, a more Rolls-Royce looking job than the Wefco. I am sending the two samples herewith. BJ. Encl.2 ENCLOSURE Nº 720 "JUSTSO" | ||