Request to Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. for a sketch showing the outside shape of two specific tyre sections.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\3\ scan0061 | |
| Date | 22th May 1939 | |
| 1370 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 14/MH. {M. Huckerby} 22nd. May, 1939. Messrs. Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, BIRMINGHAM. For the attention of Mr. H.E.Price. Dear Sirs, We should be glad if you could let us have a sketch showing the outside shape of the two following tyre sections:- 7 x 16 on a 5" rim 7½ x 16 on a 5½" rim. We are particularly interested in the overall width at a point about half way between the edge of the rim and the widest point of the tyre. Yours faithfully, For ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||
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).