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).
Request from Dunlop for performance data on their test tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\1\ Scan253 | |
| Date | 10th March 1922 | |
| H.R. 288a (100 T) (S.H. 728, 10-12-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2945 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} c. to EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [STAMP: RECEIVED MAR 10 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1922] [Handwritten: X4050] Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}1/NJ10.3.22. Dunlop Tyres. We are in receipt of a letter from the Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. dated 9th inst. as follows:- "We shall be much obliged if you will let us "know the identity Nos. and the mileage of any "of our test tyres which you are now running." Please let me know whether we have any test tyres running and, in the affirmative case, please let me have the information desired by the Dunlop Co. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} [Signature: Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}] | ||