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 Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding the dispatch of four prototype 7.00/18 Fort R '90' tyres for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\1\ scan0339 | |
| Date | 24th April 1936 | |
| X1332 DUNLOP RUBBER CO., LTD. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "DUNLOPS, PHONE, BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE: BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL, 4108 (P.B.E.) EXTENSION No. 349. YOUR REF: OUR REF: LJL/G.110 FORT DUNLOP ERDINGTON BIRMINGHAM April 24th, 1936. Messrs Rolls Royce Limited, DERBY. For the attention of W.A. Robotham Esq., Dear Sirs, As promised during our visit on Tuesday last, we are sending per passenger train to-day, four 7.00/18 Fort R '90' tyres with the shoulder studs joined up. Two of these tyres, marked 'A', have a connecting bar about half the width of the stud and the other two, marked 'B', have a connecting bar about 1/8" wider. As we have not made a mould to produce these tyres they obviously look not so good as a properly moulded article would. We shall be very pleased to hear the results of the tests on these as soon as you have carried them out. Yours faithfully, FOR THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. LIMITED. L.J. Lambourn Product Design Division. [Handwritten notes:] [Top of page:] X1332 [Next to date, in blue ink:] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Bottom left corner:] Wyman. We must get hold of these and try on 33 E.X. as soon as possible O.K. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hives | ||