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 Rapson Tyre & Jack Co. Ltd. following up on a previous conversation about testing a set of their tyres.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\1\ Scan043 | |
Date | 2nd October 1923 | |
X1238 CUSTOMERS' CARS ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT CLIENTS' OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TYRE & JACK MANUFACTURERS BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING DIRECTORS: COL. R.{Sir Henry Royce} HALSEY, CHAIRMAN F.{Mr Friese} LIONEL RAPSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR VICE-ADMIRAL SIR LIONEL HALSEY, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., C.B. CAPT. F.{Mr Friese} W. MURRAY, HAY, D.C.M. JOHN LOMAX (SECRETARY). Your Ref. Our Ref. FLR/DLM. Please Quote. Rapson TYRE & JACK COY. LTD. Tyre Factory : NEW MALDEN SURREY Sales Dept. : 477 OXFORD STREET LONDON TYRE & JACK MANUFACTURERS BY APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES Telegraphic Address: RAPSONO, NEW MALDEN, SURREY. Code : BENTLEY'S. Telephone : MALDEN 190, 191, 192. 2nd October 1923. For attention of E.W.Hives.Esq., Messrs Rolls-Royce Limited., Nightingale Road, D E R B Y. Dear Sir, Some months ago, when these Works first opened - to be exact - December 5th 1921, you wrote me a letter concerning the running of a set of Rapson canvas tyres which had put up a very poor showing and suggesting that as the majority of other tyre makers provided you with sets of tyres for testing purposes free of charge, we should do the same. In the same letter you mentioned that in return for these tyres, you render a fortnightly report to the makers to show how they were going on. In reply, I sent you a letter dated December 12th 1921, in which I made it quite clear that I was not then ready to supply you with tyres for testing, as my experiments were not completed and as a matter of fact, today is the first time in my career as a tyre manufacturer that I am at last able to say that I am now completely satisfied with the tyre I am turning out. No doubt you follow the advertisements in the motor journals and are aware that during my brief career, I have submitted Rapson tyres to most strenuous R.A.C.trials and this year in particular, have been very successful in international races, having competed in no less than four in succession without a single failure. -1- All communications to be addressed to the Company, not to individuals. | ||