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).
Follow-up letter requesting a report on rubber pads from the Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd., noting that a production order is on hold.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\4\ Scan385 | |
| Date | 30th August 1933 | |
| RFS X3035 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/AW.24/IB. 30.8.33. With further reference to yours Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.8/KT.24.7.33. instructing us to obtain 27 - Rubber Pads EB.568 having the durometer reading of 45, and 27 having a durometer reading of 40. We notified you under ref. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/AW.3/IB. 1.8.33. that such Rubbers were available, but as yet we have not had your report upon them. As the Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd. are anxious to obtain our report upon the Rubbers submitted, we shall be glad if you would deal with this matter as soon as you can conveniently arrange. Meantime, our production order is held up pending the necessary report. Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||