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 regarding tyre testing and a request to borrow a set of wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\2\ Scan051 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1923 | |
| 7485 By Appointment To H.M. The King. DUNLOP RUBBER CO LTD FOUNDERS OF THE PNEUMATIC TYRE INDUSTRY. TELEGRAMS: "DUNLOPS, BIRMINGHAM." TELEPHONE Nos. (8 LINES): ERDINGTON 261 TO 266. STATION: CASTLE BROMWICH (MID. RY.). GOODS: TO DUNLOP SIDINGS, CASTLE BROMWICH. NEAREST CAR ROUTE: ERDINGTON CAR FROM STEELHOUSE LANE TO TYBURN ROAD, TO FORT DUNLOP WORKS. REGISTERED OFFICES: DUNLOP HOUSE, 1, ALBANY STREET, LONDON, N.W.1. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE FIRM. PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE M/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} FORT DUNLOP, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM. 3dr September 1923. Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd. Derby. Dear Sirs, Attention Mr Hives. Re conversation with Mr Hives on the 'phone in reference to sending your car over here so that Mr.L.M. Bergin can see how it feels on the 36 x 8 tyres. I had a word with him on the 'phone and he will not be down until next week, when he will bring his car down. We would be glad if you could arrange to lend us this set of wheels for two days during that week, so that he can put them on his Rolls Royce and do the journey up to London. Kindly let us know if you could arrange to do this, and I will then notify you as early as possible just when the car will be down here. Yours faithfully. FOR THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO LTD. C. Macbeth Experimental Engineer. | ||