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).
Tyres supplied by the North British Rubber Company, who are now manufacturing Rapson Tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\1\ Scan181 | |
| Date | 24th March 1926 | |
| X 3586 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} ROY{Sir Henry Royce}1/MG24.3.26 Tyres Following our recent conversation, the North British Rubber Company, of Edinburgh, have sent in one set each of 20 HP. and 40/50 HP. Tyres of their latest type, the treads of which embody the mixings previously standardised by the Rapson Company. You will recollect the North British people are now making the Rapson Tyres at Edinburgh. They have supplied these Tyres on preferential terms, and we should be interested to hear the result of your tests in due course, for various reasons. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||