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 India Tyre & Rubber Company Ltd regarding tyre performance on a Bentley and preparations for the T.T. race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\5\ Scan100 | |
| Date | 26th August 1935 | |
| 1336 HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY: INCHINNAN, RENFREWSHIRE. INDIA TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY LTD. TELEPHONE: CUNNINGHAM 2244/9 (3 LINES) TELEGRAMS: INDIATYRE, KILB LONDON 30, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} JOHNS WOOD ROAD (OPPOSITE LORDS) LONDON, N.W.8 OUR REF R/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions} YOUR REF PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL: Monday 26th August, 1935. W.A.Robotham, Esq., Experimental Department, Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, DERBY: Dear Robotham, I hope you have had a good holiday, and am sorry to have to bother you with a letter immediately you return, but I thought you might like to know that I have been in communication with Mr.E.R.Hall, who has been very favourably impressed indeed with the performance of INDIA Tyres on his Bentley during his recent Alpine tour. So much so, in fact, that he may decide to use them in the T.T. He is going to make a comparative test between INDIA and Dunlop before he comes to a definite decision on the matter. Dr.Young, our Assistant Works Manager, is going over to Belfast on Monday night, September 2nd, and will stay until after the Race. We shall have two fitters available at all times, one of them being Glen, who worked for over a year fitting INDIA Tyres to Bentley Cars at Lillie Hall. We have reserved a pit for the Race, so that we shall be prepared. We are also having a full complement of Tyres sent over to Belfast in readiness for any decision. -1- | ||