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).
Cost difference between Beaded Type and Straightsided Tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\1\ Scan241 | |
| Date | 8th August 1921 | |
| X4050 To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rd. Rd/N1/139A/M.8.8.21. Referring to Standardisation Sheet X No. 4050 - Straightsided Tyres with Cord Fabric. We have had a further communication from Sales which states that there is a difference of £2. 9. 7 between the cost of Beaded Type and the Straightsided Tyres, and they are asking Dunlop's whether the cost is likely to be brought down in the event of our standardising the Straightsided Tyres. The figures we gave on the above Standardisation Sheet were received from Sales on the 19/7/21. Rd. [STAMP: RECEIVED with clock face and year 1921] | ||