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 to Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding the delay in despatching experimental tyres for wet road testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\2\ scan0172 | |
| Date | 29th May 1937 | |
| 1332 Experimental Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}4/JH. 29th May, 1937. The Dunlop Rubber Co.Ltd., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham. For the attention of H.E.Price Esq. Dear Sirs, Following my letter of the 27th May, I now wish to inform you that on the personal instructions of Mr. Robotham, the despatch of the 2 Experimental tyres has been stopped until we have had an opportunity of testing them on wet roads. Trusting you will accept my apologies for this further delay. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||