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Cost comparison document for Bentley V tyres from various manufacturers, evaluating 4 ply and 6 ply options.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 158\2\  scan0011
Date  21th April 1939 guessed
  
Bentley V. {VIENNA} Tyres - Size 6.50" x 16".

ONLY THE TYRES MARKED IN RED HAVE PASSED STANDARDISATION TESTS

4 ply.
6 ply.

Maker. | Cost to us. | Retail Price. | Cost to us. | Retail Price.
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Dunlops. | £1.7s.5d. | £5.0.0. | £1.13s.3d. | £6.2s.0d.
IndiaProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes. | £1.5s.6d. | £5.0.0d. | £1.11s.1d. | £6.2s.0d.
Avon. | £1.7s.0d. | £5.4.4½d. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | |
British Tyre & Rubber Co, | £1.8s.2d. | £5.0s.0d. | £1.14s.2d. | £6.2s.0d.

Comparison between cost of our present equipment and the new equipment.

| Maker. | Size. | Cost to us. | Retail Price.
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Present equipment. | IndiaProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes. | 6.50"x17" | £1/16/5d. | £6/14/0d.
New equipment. | Avon. | 6.50" x 16" | £1/7/0d. | £5/4/4½d. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}

Saving :- | | £0/9/5d. | £1/9/7½d. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
  
  
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).


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