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 Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding the testing of new tyre types.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\2\ Scan177 | |
Date | 23th October 1929 | |
A4050 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}9/AD. 23rd October, 1929. The Dunlop Rubber Co.Ltd., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham. Dear Sirs, With reference to your letter of the 9th inst. the writer regrets it has not been answered before, but he has been away out of Derby. We shall be most interested to try both your new type of 7" x 21" rim Fort Silent covers, and a smaller type for the 19" rim. We already have the 7" x 21" tyres and will let you have a report on these as soon as we have carried out some tests. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||