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).
The receipt of improved Michelin Bibendum tyres and the return of older sample parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\1\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 3rd January 1928 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL. X3725 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL1/LG3.1.28. MICHELIN BIBENDUM TYRES. X987 We have today received the following tyres which have an improved tread as a result of our experience with the first consignment of these tyres :- 5 outer covers 17 X 50 1 inner tube 17 X 50 also the fifth Dunlop wheel converted to the Michelin rim. (It will be remembered that only four wheels were previously received after conversion, out of five despatched for this purpose). As we have no further use for the original four 17 X 50 outer covers, could you please arrange to return these; we should also like to return the 16 X 50 cover, tube and rim which we received as the original sample. We are sending these to the xxxxxx Despatch Stores to await your instructions. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.J.Lidsey. | ||