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).
Exchanging ordinary tread for silent tread India tyres for a 3½ Litre Bentley and the terms of supply.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\4\ Scan113 | |
| Date | 31th May 1933 | |
| 84462 Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}10/MA.31.5.33. INDIA TYRES FOR 3½ LITRE BENTLEY. We have 8 India tyres 5.50 x 18" with the ordinary tread for which we have no use. In a telephone conversation this morning 'Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}' asked the India people to let us have 10 silent tread tyres (5.50 x 18") to replace them. Will you please send an order to cover this, and also arrange for the despatch of the 8 tyres which we do not need. We believe that all India tyres so far received have been supplied free. We think we should pay for future deliveries, as, apart from three or four sets supplied to us here gratis, a large consignment has been sent to Chateauroux free of charge. We do not wish to be under any further obligation to them. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||