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).
Requesting a set of British Goodrich tyres due to dissatisfaction with noise from Dunlop tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\2\ Scan041 | |
| Date | 14th November 1927 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X4050 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG14.11.27. X2679 We have been asked by Sales to try some British Goodrich tyres. We are very dissatisfied with the noise which emanates from the Dunlop. Could you please obtain for us a set of Goodrich tyres; we should like them suitable for the Dunlop well base rims, equivalent to the size of 6.75" Dunlop. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||