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 to The India Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. requesting a set of experimental tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\6\ scan0182 | |
| Date | 3rd December 1937 | |
| c. Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c. JWH. c. By/Mtn. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}6/MH.{M. Huckerby} 3rd. December 1937. Messrs. The India Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd., Inchinnan, Scotland. Dear Mr. Worth, We want for experimental purposes a set of 6½ x 16 tyres to fit 4½" rims. Can you let us have ten tyres like the new silent 17" but in the 16" size. Possibly by now you have evolved something better. We should like to have five of these tyres by Jan. 1st. If you cannot, by that date, supply silent tyres will you please send us five of your standard tyres. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||