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 Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding the despatch of four different types of test tyres and their serial numbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0266 | |
| Date | 23th July 1941 | |
| ESTABLISHED 1885 SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE The AVON INDIA RUBBER CO. Ltd. CHAIRMAN MAJOR R.F. FULLER, J.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SIR HERBERT E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN, C.B.E., M.INST.T. JOINT GENERAL MANAGERS R.H. COMLEY. O.F. SWANBOROUGH. SECRETARY & ACCOUNTANT F.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. SERVICE DEPOTS LONDON-BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL-MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE-GLASGOW BELFAST. Telegrams RUBBER, MELKSHAM. Telephone MELKSHAM 120 (6 LINES). Codes A.B.C. 5TH EDN. WESTERN UNION, BENTLEYS & M.I. PRIVATE CODE. LONDON OFFICE, MABLEDON PLACE, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PANCRAS, LONDON, W.C.1. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS, MELKSHAM, WILTS. JD{J. Draper - Frames}/VD. 23rd. July. 1941. [Handwritten Note] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wyman Please let me have a preliminary report on these types. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Mr. Robotham, Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, Further to my letter to you of the 11th. inst., in which I promised to send four sets of 6.50/16 Tyres for test, we have now completed these and have despatched them to you. So that you may be able to distinguish one from the other I give below the serial numbers of the various types. All tyres are from altered mould, as described in our letter of 11th. July. Standard. Serial Nos. LC.7466 LD.1978 LD.1979 LC.7404 Standard with corners rounded. Serial Nos. LC.6455. LC.5942. LC.6443. LC.5906. Low Crown Angle Tyres.+ Serial Nos. LD.2058 LD.3503 LC.5966 LC.8091 High Crown Angle Tyres. Serial Nos. LD.4742. LD.3724. LD.7904. LD.1293. I have received your letter of the 15th. inst., and thank you for the information you give us. I am interested to note that during hot weather the squealing at corners becomes much more pronounced and I shall certainly bear this fact in mind for consideration in our endeavours to eliminate the objectionable noise. I am very anxious that our Avon tyres should be entirely satisfactory, and will certainly do everything possible to make them so. Yours sincerely, THE AVON INDIA RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Mackay DEVELOPMENT MANAGER and CHIEF CHEMIST. | ||