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 Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding a Michelin paper on 'Shimmy' and inquiring about the status of tyre and wheel tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan144 | |
| Date | 19th October 1925 | |
| Telegraphic Address. "DUNLOPS, BIRMINGHAM" Telephone No. BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL 4108. PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE. 25 LINES. Registered Offices. DUNLOP HOUSE, 1, ALBANY ST LONDON. N.W.1. X457 BY APPOINTMENT DUNLOP RUBBER CO LTD Founders of the Pneumatic Tyre Industry FORT DUNLOP, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM. STATION: CASTLE BROMWICH. (MID. RY.) GOODS: TO DUNLOP SIDINGS, CASTLE BROMWICH. CAR ROUTE: TYBURN ROAD from STEELHOUSE LANE. TO FORT DUNLOP WORKS, CAR 63. WHEN REPLYING PLEASE QUOTE ON BOTH LETTER & ENVELOPE Research Department. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE FIRM Rolls-Royce, Ltd. Nightingale Road, Derby. 19th October 1925. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. Robotham. We thank you for return of the Michelin Paper on Shimmy, and for the translation. Will you please let us know if you have finished your tests on the six tyres and wheels which the writer brought over a few weeks ago? If you have finished, we will send a car over for them. Yours faithfully, FOR THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. LTD. A Healey. | ||