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).
The substitution of Silent Tread tyres with Buttress Tread tyres for trials car chassis no. 60-JS.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\3\ Scan361 | |
| Date | 22th September 1932 | |
| S/W. - Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X 7960. Whr{Mr Wheeler}/Ro{C. C. Rose - Export Manager}15/WP.22.9.32 GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Re: Chassis No. 60-JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} - Trials Car When the above car was in Paris last June it was found necessary to substitute Silent Tread tyres with Buttress Tread tyres, due to the road conditions in France. In his memorandum ref: C5/C.8.6.32 authorising the changeover of the tyres, C. wrote to Paris as follows:- "If you have any difficulty in using up these buttress tyres, we can have them absorbed by the Experimental Dept..when they are doing some of their tests in France". We understand that P. have not been able to use up the tyres. We are therefore writing to you at the request of C. in the hopes that you will be able to utilise them usefully. WHR{Mr Wheeler}/Ro.{C. C. Rose - Export Manager} [STAMP] RECEIVED 1932 SEP 23 [HANDWRITTEN] answered 23/9/32 AYH | ||