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).
Purchase and testing of Goodyear and India tyres with silent non-skid treads on an experimental car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\4\ Scan095 | |
| Date | 4th January 1933 | |
| [Handwritten]: 84462 [Typed]: To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Bensport and Tyres. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}4/E4.1.33 Copy to [Strikethrough]Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}[/Strikethrough] [Handwritten]ROY.{Sir Henry Royce}[/Handwritten] Thanks for Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/MJ.2.1.33. I note you have purchased a set of Goodyear tyres, the chief reason being that they claim to have a silent non-skid tread. I think that on the second experimental car it would be as well to have a set of India tyres as they also claim to have a silent tread, and then based on the results achieved, we can decide which we want to adopt. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [Handwritten]: LID{A. J. Lidsey} Order them for 2nd Bensport. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Stamp]: RECEIVED JAN 14 1933 | ||