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 The India Tyre Co. Ltd. enquiring about the price and specifications for a set of six tyres for testing.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\4\ Scan031 | |
Date | 14th August 1928 | |
XHH62. Expl: Dept: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG. 14th. Aug. 1928. Messrs. The India Tyre Co. Ltd., Inchinnan, Scotland. Dear Sirs, Your letter of the 13th. ult. ref. JQ/VG. addressed to our Mr. Chichester has been passed on to the Experimental Dept. The size of tyre we are interested in is 33 X 6.75" suitable for well base wheels. We require them to run with a low pressure of 35 to 40 lbs/sq.in. with a load on the tyre of approximately 25 cwts. per wheel. It is essential that the tyres should be reasonably silent with an effective non-skid tread. Will you please let us know the price of a set of 6 tyres. If we decided to proceed to test these tyres we should make it a condition that if during the first 100 miles they shewed up faults which made them unsuitable for Rolls-Royce cars, we should return them to you without any charge to ourselves. Yours faithfully, | ||