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. requesting silent tread tyres for 'shimmy' tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\2\ Scan088 | |
| Date | 28th September 1928 | |
| X 4050. Expl: Dept: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RD4/LG. 28th. Sept. 1928. Messrs. The Dunlop Rubber Co.Ltd., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. Paull. We are anxious to obtain some silent tread tyres to go on the 19" rims. We want these tyres to be of the heavier section which you make in this size to carry out tests in connection with 'shimmy', the subject which we discussed with you early this week. Yours faithfully, | ||