Letter from the Avon India Rubber Company confirming a meeting to discuss the results of experimental tyre tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 11th August 1938 | |
| 1331. MANUFACTURERS OF AVON TYRES, SPORTS SUNDRIES, FOOTWEAR, FLOORING & MECHANICAL RUBBERS Telegrams RUBBER, MELKSHAM Telephones MELKSHAM 120 (6 LINES) Established 1885 The AVON INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes RUBBER Co. LTD. SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE Chairman MAJOR R. {Sir Henry Royce} F. {Mr Friese} FULLER. J.P. Deputy Chmn. SIR HERBERT E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN C.B.E., M.Inst.T. Secretary & Accountant E.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. Service Depots: LONDON :: BIRMINGHAM · BRISTOL · MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE · GLASGOW · BELFAST · DUBLIN · Our Ref. JGM/NAW. Your Ref._________ Regd. Office & Works MELKSHAM, WILTS. 11th August, 1938. Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Attention:- Mr. S.H. Grylls. Dear Sirs, Confirming our telephone conversation with your Mr. S.H. Grylls this morning, the undersigned will call on you at 2.0 p.m. on Monday, 22nd August for the purpose of discussing the results of your tests on the experimental 6.50/16 tyres which we recently forwarded to you, and further developments of this work. Yours faithfully, THE AVON INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. p.p. J.G. MACKAY. DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND CHIEF CHEMIST. Handwritten notes: FGH 24* | ||
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).