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 Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. concerning the supply and delivery timescale for 33 x 6.75 tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\2\ Scan249 | |
| Date | 22th September 1926 | |
| x4565 DUNLOP RUBBER CO.,LTD. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "DUNLOPS, BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE: BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL 4108 P.B.E. 25 LINES YOUR REF: OUR REF: AH/D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Mr. Paull's Office. FORT DUNLOP ERDINGTON BIRMINGHAM E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hives Esq. Rolls Royce Ltd. DERBY. 22nd Sept. 1926. Dear Mr. Hives: Confirming telephone conversation - We are proposing to issue the 33 x 6.75 tyre to your Company with the traction tread - that is, the tread which you tested in France; until such time as the modified triple stud pattern can be approved by you. On the question of date of delivery - I find that we cannot promise anything in less than six to eight weeks from now as new moulds will have to be made. Yours faithfully, For THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. LTD., A Healey | ||