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).
Internal request for five silent tyres for the new trials car GUL-1.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\2\ scan0008 | |
| Date | 19th August 1938 | |
| F.{Mr Friese} DOOD. x1332 Any more of these types available in the works? S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Silent Tyres for 25/30 h.p. Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}1/KW19.8.38 Ckm Is it possible for you to despatch, or arrange to have despatched forthwith, a set of five tyres for our new Trials Car GUL-1 ? This goes into commission next week, and we should like to start with the silent tyres if possible. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||