Letter from Avon Tyres regarding the supply of 'Supreme' 6-ply tyres for testing on a Phantom Three model and requesting mileage data on a previous set.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0022 | |
| Date | 15th October 1935 | |
| MOTOR EXHIBITION CARS & BOATS OCT. 17-26 OLYMPIA OUR STAND N° 446 GALLERY COMMERCIAL MOTOR TRANSPORT EXHIBITION NOV 7-16 OLYMPIA OUR STAND No. 371 Gallery MANUFACTURERS OF AVON TYRES, SPORTS SUNDRIES, FOOTWEAR, FLOORING & MECHANICALS Established 1885 THE AVON INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes RUBBER CO LTD. SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE Directors: F FULLER, J.P. SIR HERBERT E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN, C.B.E., M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} INST. T. Secretary & Director: F. {Mr Friese} W. HINDE Head Office & Works MELKSHAM :: WILTS Service Depots: LONDON :: BIRMINGHAM :: BRISTOL :: MANCHESTER :: GLASGOW :: LIVERPOOL :: BELFAST :: NEWCASTLE :: DUBLIN :: NOTTINGHAM 41 & 42, LIVERY STREET, BIRMINGHAM, 3. Our Ref: SLH/EW Your Ref: F. {Mr Friese} Dodd 15th October, 1935. Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd., Derby. For the attention of Mr. Rowbotham, Experimental Dept. Dear Sirs, With reference to the interview which you kindly gave me yesterday afternoon on the subject of the test set of 7.00/18 Covers, Tubes and Tapes complete, I have instructed our Works to send you four of our 7.00/18 Supreme 6 ply tyres as soon as possible, which we understand you will test on your Phantom Three model. In conversation you mentioned that whilst the Duo Tread tyres which were submitted to you last year (which pattern we have since revised) were unsatisfactory with regard to noise and riding comfort, they have accomplished rather a high mileage, and we should be extremely interested if you would be good enough to let us have these figures, together with your comments as to comparative mileages so that we might record them. We shall await with considerable interest the results of your test on the Supreme set. Yours faithfully, THE AVON INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes RUBBER CO. LTD. S. Webb Hewitt MANUFACTURERS SECTION. | ||
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).