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).
Replacing beaded tyres with straight-sided tyres and recommending Goodyear demountable rims.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\1\ Scan004 | |
| Date | 30th March 1920 | |
| Contd. -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG30.3.20. before the striaght sided tyres will replace the beaded tyres. It has been agreed, for instance, that R-R Cars made in America shall be fitted with rims to take straight sided tyres. We sh ould not have agreed to doing that if we did not think that spares would be obtainable in England and on the Continent for straight sided tyres. Our recommendation is that as soon as ever there is a reasonable chance of obtaining straight sided tyres (of the size we require 33 x 5) the Sales Dept. should recommend a customer to have Goodyear demountable rims in place of Warland. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||