The high cost of a pair of Everlastic inner tubes from St. Helens Cable & Rubber Co. Ltd for an experimental test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 158\1\ scan0030 | |
| Date | 12th April 1927 | |
| To Coy. from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} +20 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/LG12.4.27. St. {Capt. P. R. Strong} Helens Cable & Rubber Co.Ltd. Slough. With reference to Roy {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} 6/MG5.4.27. We wish to carry out an experimental test on Everlastic tubes. We asked them to quote a price for a pair but the figure was £6. or £7 which was far more than the test was worth. We still wish to try Everlastic inner tubes experimentally although we do not think there is much chance of adopting them as standard. If the St. {Capt. P. R. Strong} Helens people would now quote us a reasonable figure for this experimental set, we think it might be worth while obtaining a pair. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).