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 Rapson Tyre & Jack Coy. Ltd. regarding the testing of their tyres and a missing report.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\1\ Scan146 | |
| Date | 30th July 1924 | |
| CUSTOMERS' CARS ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT CLIENTS' OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TYRE & JACK MANUFACTURERS BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING. DIRECTORS: COL. R.{Sir Henry Royce} HALSEY, CHAIRMAN. F.{Mr Friese} LIONEL RAPSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR LIONEL HALSEY, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G.,C.B. CAPT. F.{Mr Friese} MCKAY HAY, D.C.M. JOHN LOMAX (SECRETARY). Your Ref. Our Ref. D.I.M. Please Quote. RAPSON TYRE & JACK COY. LTD. Tyre Factory: NEW MALDEN SURREY Sales Dept 477, OXFORD STREET, LONDON. TYRE & JACK MANUFACTURERS BY APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. Telegraphic Address: RAPSONO, NEW MALDEN, SURREY. Code: BENTLEY'S Telephone MALDEN 190, 191, 192. 30th July 1924 E.W. Hives, Esq., Messrs Rolls-Royce Limited., D E R B Y. Dear Sir, RE 4 - 33 x 5 DOUBLE TREAD TYRES SENT YOU 18-7-24. With reference to the above and our letter of the 19th instant, as we have not yet received your acknowledgement of same, Mr.Rapson would be very interested to know if you have started a test of these tyres. You will remember that he asked you to fit these tyres to one of your test cars in England, owing to the fact that they have not been matured for any length of time. I would also add that we have not received your usual fortnightly report on the 32 x 4½ tyres which you are testing on your 20H.P. model. Thanking you in anticipation, I am, yours faithfully, All communications to be addressed to the Company, not to individuals. | ||