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 Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd. regarding the attachment of rubber chafing strips to wheel discs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\3\ scan0027 | |
| Date | 30th January 1939 | |
| DUNLOP RUBBER CO.,LTD. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "DUNLOPS.PHONE.BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE: ERDINGTON 2121 (P.B.X) EXTENSION No. 395. FORT DUNLOP ERDINGTON BIRMINGHAM 24 YOUR REF: OUR REF: HEP/WS.541.D. Handwritten note: Please let me know when they arrive S.H.Grylls, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. 30th January, 1939. Dear Mr.Grylls, We have now completed the attachment of rubber chafing strips to the five wheel discs returned under cover of your advice WG{Mr Gill - Financial Director}/F57236, and they are being forwarded to you today against our despatch note 8755 as your own property. I notice that four of the discs are unenamelled, and I would mention that when you carry out the colouring process we should not recommend stoving as the adhesion of the rubber strips may be impaired as a result. On the one disc which was enamelled on receipt, we have attached the rubber direct to the enamel surface so successfully that we have no doubts as to its satisfactory adhesion. Yours faithfully, For DUNLOP RUBBER CO., LTD. [Signature] Manager, Car Mnfrs. Division. Handwritten note: Noted. File. FD{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Logo text: 1938 DUNLOP 50 YEARS OF GROWTH Stamped Number: 1370 | ||