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 Maurice Olley to Mr. S.W. Grylls discussing the supply and safety benefits of Goodyear Lifeguard tubes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 170\3\ img184 | |
| Date | 3rd January 1939 | |
| -2- Mr. S.W.Grylls. 3rd January 1939. Lifeguard tubes (Goodyear) are so far fitted as standard equipment on the large Chryslers only. But the service demand is so phenomenal that the Goodyear Department that makes them has been months behind on orders for the last year or so. Goodyear in fact have made a tremendous killing on these tubes and on the Rayon fabric, blowout- proof tyres for heavy vehicles. The safety benefit of Lifeguard tubes is so great that if I were building Rolls Royce cars I should fit them as a matter of course. I know of no faults, such as chafing. Brittain of Goodyear could tell you more about this. Yours, Maurice Olley MAURICE OLLEY. | ||