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 Mr. Belnap of Rolls-Royce of America, requesting experience on the use of straight-sided Dunlop cord tyres and rims in America.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\1\ Scan261 | |
| Date | 27th April 1922 | |
| X 4050 Copies to:- H: BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}: Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RECEIVED STAMP: APR 28 1922 BJ/H27422 27th April, 1922. Dear Mr. Belnap, I attach copy of correspondence which has taken place between one of our Engineer Inspectors, Mr. Hanbury, and our Works, in regard to the use of straight-sided Dunlop cord tyres and rims. I shall be greatly obliged if you can let me know your experience of the use of such tyres in America and whether you have found any difficulties or inconveniences such as are mentioned in Mr. Hanbury's reports. Yours very truly, L. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Belnap, Esq., Rolls-Royce of America, Inc., Springfield, Mass. Encl: H4/TB26.4.22. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}3/T25.4.22. H3/TB26.4.22. | ||