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).
To Mr. Johnson discussing how to address tyre balance issues with suppliers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\3\ 03-page11 | |
| Date | 6th December 1911 | |
| H.R. type (D.M.G.) (W'kly. Ltr.Bk{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager}) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} M'g's Ref. 93 (x) X401 Mr Johnson. 6/12/11 T885/L61211. With reference to the minute 10 of the 93rd meeting attached, we have carried this matter of tyre balance to the point when it is necessary for us to say to the manufacturers, that any orders we place with them are conditional upon the tyres being in balance to within a certain stated number of ounces. The Committee do not think it advisable to threaten the Tyre Companies with the loss of our orders, so that we may force them to deliver tyres which are in balance, and suggest that you may possibly be able to bring some pressure to bear upon, say the Dunlop, without resorting to this extreme measure. The Committee are of the opinion that the question of balance has not been seriously tackled by any of the firms we have been in communication with, but cannot suggest any means of bringing | ||