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 a tyre supplier regarding Bentley chassis orders and tyre tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\4\ Scan234 | |
| Date | 4th December 1934 | |
| HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY: INCHINNAN, RENFREWSHIRE INDIA TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY LTD. MILEAGE DEPARTMENT (AREA "B") 80 CLAPHAM ROAD LONDON, S.W.9 TELEPHONES: RELIANCE 2662/3 OUR REF. R/WBT. YOUR REF. 4th December, 1934. W.A. ROBOTHAM, ESQ., Experimental Department, Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Robotham, A great friend of mine, Mr. R.M. Grant, has just ordered a Bentley from Messrs. Park, Ward, and I understand the chassis No. is B 150 DG. I should be most awfully grateful if you would be so kind as to keep an eye on this chassis, which I understand is due for delivery in February. Major Broun Lindsay, another friend of mine, has also ordered a Bentley from Park, Ward. He gets delivery at the end of this week. He was very lucky in being able to get somebody else's Bentley who had decided on a Rolls-Royce instead. I hear also that Mr. Summers has ordered a new Bentley - I believe from a firm in Newcastle. We did our best for him at Park, Wards, but I suppose he must have got a better offer elsewhere, although how he did it beats me! I wonder if you have had any report yet with reference to the new test tyres we sent to France for you? I should be very interested to hear. I do not think I shall be at Derby before Christmas, unless you or Mr. Royce would like to see me, in which case, of course, I should be very pleased to come. Perhaps you would let me know about this? Yours sincerely, Rothes. | ||