Condemning Goodyear tyres with diamond tread due to lack of control and ill effects on steering, recommending Dunlop or Michelin tyres instead.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\5\ scan0033 | |
| Date | 1st October 1926 | |
| X.3926 @ to Thu. To Ps. Paris. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 5/LG1.10.26. GOODYEAR TYRES. Replying to Psl2/Crn29.9.26. The Goodyear tyres with diamond tread were condemned by us a long time ago. The reason we condemned them was fxx for their lack of control and ill effects on the steering. The only tyres the Expl: Dept: recommend for our cars are Dunlop or Michelin. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).