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Letter to India Tyre & Rubber Company requesting a supply of 6 1/2 x 17 tyres and enquiring about the development of a silent tyre.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 157\6\  scan0172
Date  21th October 1937
  
a {Mr Adams} /FD {Frank Dodd - Bodies}
1336

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} 8/R.

21st October, 1937.

IndiaProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes Tyre & Rubber Company Ltd.,
Inchinnan,
SCOTLAND.

(For the attention of Dr. Young.)

Dear Sirs,

We are getting short of supplies of 6 1/2 x 17 tyres.

Since we last wrote to you we have not heard any news of a further silent tyre with better cornering power.

If you have not yet been able to evolve such a tyre, we should be glad if you would send us a further 10 tyres of the last type with the thin central rib.

Yours faithfully,

For ROLLS-ROYCE LTD.
  
  
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