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).
Recommendation to use straight-sided tyres and Goodyear demountable rims for American-made cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0004 | |
| Date | 30th March 1920 | |
| Contd. -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG30.3.20. supplying straight sided tyres and we feel it is only a matter of time before the straight sided tyres will replace the beaded tyres. It has been agreed, for instance, that R-R cars made in America shall be fitted with rims to take straight sided tyres. We should not have agreed to doing that if we did not think that spares would be obtainable in England and on the Continent for straight sided tyres. Ourrecommendation is that as soon as ever there is a reasonable chance of obtaining straight sided tyres (of the size we require 33 x 5) the Sales Dept. should recommend a customer to have Goodyear demountable rims in place of Warland. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||