Request to Dunlop to manufacture specific tyres for testing and an agreement to supply steel wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\3\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 14th April 1939 | |
| 1382 To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} c. G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /JWH. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 4/MH. {M. Huckerby} 14.4.39. Whilst Mr. Price of Dunlops was here to-day we asked him to make the following tyres up for test:- 12 - 7 x 16 4-ply with 'Rayon' fabric. 12 - 6½x 16 4-ply with 'Rayon' fabric. 12 - 700 x 16 W.R. 12 - 8.0 x 16 'Stabilia'. We also agreed to send Dunlops five steel wheels on which they will fit new 6" rims. O {Mr Oldham} /N. 52444. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).