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).
Ordering different sizes of Continental over-size tyres for testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 81\1\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 17th November 1913 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (FOUR LINES). Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/SM1/1171113. Names and Indicating letter. Initial of person addressed. Re Continental Over-size Tyres. X.917 A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT Cn{Mr Chamberain} Mr. CHAMBERLAIN C Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DeLOOZE Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE G Mr. GNAPP Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALDENBY Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN{Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Rn{Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY V - VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER... Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} 17-11-13. In reply to your memo CJ12/T111113 in which you ask us to obtain some 915 X 175 and some 895 X 150 Continental tyres for testing purposes. we wish to state that the smaller size are on order but we cannot find the other size mentioned in their catalogue, the nearest size being 935 X 150. Will it be in order if we order some of these in place of the size you mention ? p. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Handwritten Note]: Mr Cowen says this is right. Let us try the larger size also if suitable for our chassis J 18/11 This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||