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).
Quoting Mr. Royce's remarks on tyre selection, comparing studded, plain, and grooved tyres.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\7\ B001_X15 20 46 50 59-page106 | |
Date | 29th October 1912 | |
W.M. 29 OCT 1912 RECEIVED Mr Neden Mr Wormald Mr Platford Mr Bailey 29/10/12 TBB10/L291012. With reference to the use of studded tyres Mr Royce remarks:- "Some of our own experimental cars should be run with plain tyres, studs skid badly on tarred roads. Car is much sweeter and faster and more economical on plain tyres, the Palmer pattern of grooved tread and as used by Continental Co. seem a good scheme. Cannot we get Dunlop to do likewise, they would at least be excellent for front wheels. F.H.R." Handwritten note: Mr Johnson has already written to the Dunlop Co. C.J.Deas. X20 | ||